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Wikipedia article




"'Spanish Sahara'" is a song by English indie rock band Foals. Although not an official single, it was the first song to be released from the band's second album, 'Total Life Forever'. It was premiered on 1 March 2010, on BBC Radio 1. Later that night, a music video for the single was put up on the [http://www.foals.co.uk Foals' website]. On 6 March, when the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190417180228/http://www.totallifeforever.co.uk/ 'Total Life Forever' site] went up, Foals premiered instrument samplings of the tracks that would be on 'Total Life Forever' in the track listing order. The fifth sample was a synthesizer sample of "Spanish Sahara".

The single was released on 17 April only as a 7", to celebrate Record Store Day. Only 1000 copies were printed and sold through independent record stores. The remix of the song by Mount Kimbie was later available as a free MP3 given to members of the Foals website.

Recording and meaning



Yannis Philippakis once stated that it was probably the first song to be completed of the album.

Regarding the meaning of the song, Philippakis said:

Reception and success



"Spanish Sahara" peaked at number 148 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song was number one in the 'NME' top 25 songs of the year 2010. In February 2011, it won the award for 'Best Song' at the NME Awards. In October 2011, 'NME' eventually placed it at number 14 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". In January 2011, the song was voted Number 98 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2010.

The song was used in a promotional trailer for Season 7 of the HBO TV show 'Entourage', in a Series 2 episode of 'Misfits' and on episode 2 of TV show 'Lovesick'. The song is also heard in the movie 'It's Only the End of the World', by Xavier Dolan as well as the 2015 video game 'Life is Strange'.

Music video



The music video, directed by Dave Ma, is intended to represent internal horror and fury. It features lead singer Yannis Philippakis dragging an animal carcass up a hillside in Scotland and later burning it. According to Philippakis, the location they chose was similar to the ravaged place he had in mind when writing the song.

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