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{{Infobox song

| name = Heads Will Roll

| cover = Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll.png

| type = single

| artist = Yeah Yeah Yeahs

| album = It's Blitz!

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| genre = * Synth-pop

* dance-rock

* new wave

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| writer = Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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| prev_title = Zero

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = Skeletons

| next_year = 2010

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}}

"'Heads Will Roll'" is a song by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released as the second single from their third studio album, 'It's Blitz!' (2009). The CD and 7-inch singles were released in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2009.[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heads-Will-Roll-Yeah-Yeahs/dp/B002C2SH18 Amazon.co.uk - Heads Will Roll (Single)] The song is sung from the viewpoint of the Queen of Hearts in Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.'

A remix by Canadian DJ A-Trak appeared in the film 'Project X'. The remix has over 166 million views on YouTube.

Composition



The song is built around a vintage sounding string riff, which was sampled from a Mellotron sound card. "Roxy SFX 2" from the Mellotron M4000D Sound Card 02.

Music video



The music video for "Heads Will Roll" was directed by Richard Ayoade. It features the band playing in a (presumably) underground venue when a dancing werewolf whose dancing is reminiscent of Michael Jackson (who died four days before the single was released) appears on stage. A light flashes halfway through the music video and the werewolf transforms. He then proceeds to chase after the audience and kills most of them. The video then ends with the band having been murdered while Karen O continues singing, her head severed from her body. The music video contains some mockery of horror in general; instead of blood, there is red glitter and confetti and Karen O keeps singing while decapitated. In the UK, there are two different versions of this video, the second replacing the violent conclusion with repeated clips from the previous section of the video, but it shows the confetti falling onto the band.

It was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video.

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