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Fear of a Blank Planet (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Fear of a Blank Planet'" is a Porcupine Tree song. It appears as the first track on the album of the same name. A promo single of the song was released in Europe and the United States, by respective record labels. Both promos contain an edited version of "Fear of a Blank Planet" with the swearing removed. The lyrics deal with two common neurobehavioural developmental disorders for teenagers in the 21st century: bipolar disorder and attention deficit disorder.
Music video
On 16 April 2007, the same day as the European release date, the music video for the title track debuted on [https://www.myspace.com/porcupinetree Porcupine Tree's MySpace], though it was temporarily removed a day later in the wake of the shootings at Virginia Tech due to the band finding the content, namely children wielding guns, distasteful at the present. On 25 April 2007, the video was launched on the 'Fear of a Blank Planet' [http://fearofablankplanet.com/ microsite] to view in high resolution and was replaced several months later by the live projection for "Sleep Together". The video is now included as a bonus along with the 17-minute film for "Anesthetize" on the DVD-A version of 'Fear of a Blank Planet'.
Appearances
The song appears during the end credits of the video game 'Control'.
Track listing
Atlantic
The Atlantic Records promo CD includes three different versions of the song, and is pressed to look like a 7" vinyl.#Fear of a Blank Planet (amended edit) 4:18
#Fear of a Blank Planet (explicit edit) 4:18
#Fear of a Blank Planet (album version) 7:28
Roadrunner
There is a Roadrunner Records two-track promo which came housed in a cardboard sleeve with unique artwork and contains two radio-edit versions of the song.#Fear of a Blank Planet (clean edit) 4:18
#Fear of a Blank Planet (dirty edit) 4:18
Personnel (song)
*Steven Wilson vocals, guitar
*Richard Barbieri keyboards
*Colin Edwin bass
*Gavin Harrison drums
*John Wesley backing vocals
Personnel (video)
*Lasse Hoile director (music video)
References
Category:Songs about mental health
Category:2007 songs
Category:Porcupine Tree songs
Category:Bipolar disorder in fiction
Category:Songs written by Steven Wilson
Category:Songs written by Richard Barbieri
Category:Songs written by Colin Edwin
Category:Songs written by Gavin Harrison
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