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Keep the Car Running
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Wikipedia article
"'Keep the Car Running'" is a song by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. It is the second single released from the band's second album, 'Neon Bible' in the UK (while "Black Mirror" is the first in the US). This song was #22 on 'Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.No byline (December 11, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071215191732/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/6 "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"] 'Rolling Stone'. Retrieved 2007-12-21 In October 2011, 'NME' placed it at number 61 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".
The single was released on 19 March 2007, on 7" vinyl with the B-side, "Broken Window", in the UK under Rough Trade Records. It peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 56. The single was released in the US on 8 May 2007, under Merge Records. It is alternatively titled "Keep the Car Running/Broken Window". It peaked at number 32 on the 'Billboard' Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The band performed the song during their 24 February 2007 appearance on 'Saturday Night Live'.
Track listing
#"Keep the Car Running" 3:28
#"Broken Window" 6:27
Personnel
*Win Butler vocals, mandolin
*Rgine Chassagne vocals, hurdy-gurdy
*Richard Reed Parry electric guitar, background vocals
*Tim Kingsbury bass guitar, background vocals
*Will Butler keyboards, background vocals
*Jeremy Gara drums
*Sara Neufeld violin, background vocals
*Owen Pallett violin
*Marika Anthony Shaw viola
*Melanie Auclair cello
Charts
Certifications
Covers
*The song was covered by the Foo Fighters on 17 August and 18 November 2007 during their European Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour at The O2 in London. The band played it once during a set for Jo Whiley's 'Live Lounge' and previously during a concert for BBC Radio 1's Six Weeks of Summer concert event in Brighton.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/summer/2007/brighton/gallery/foos/16.shtml#jump BBC Radio 1 website] 17 August 2007 Dave Grohl announced to the audience that he had played the song earlier in the day but was unhappy with it as he felt he did not perform it well enough, so he felt it was his duty to retry it. He said during the first recording that he listens to the song every morning when he wakes up. The song can be found on The Foo Fighters' "Let It Die" single.
*It was performed live by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, joined by Win Butler and Rgine Chassagne of Arcade Fire, on October 14, 2007 in Ottawa.
*The Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra released a Latin-flavored cover.
*The song was frequently covered by Fiction Family during their 2009 tour.
References
Category:2007 singles
Category:Arcade Fire songs
Category:2007 songs
Category:Rough Trade Records singles
Category:Songs written by William Butler (musician)
Category:Songs written by Win Butler
Category:Songs written by Rgine Chassagne
Category:Songs written by Jeremy Gara
Category:Songs written by Tim Kingsbury
Category:Songs written by Richard Reed Parry
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