| Matilda | |
| Cover: | alt-J matilda.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | alt-J |
| Album: | An Awesome Wave |
| B-Side: | Fitzpleasure |
| Released: | 10 January 2012 |
| Recorded: | 2009 |
| Length: | 3:48 |
| Label: | Infectious |
| Producer: | Charlie Andrew |
| Prev Title: | Bloodflood |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Breezeblocks |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
"Matilda" is a song by British rock band alt-J from their debut studio album An Awesome Wave, released on 10 January 2012 as a digital download. It was released as a split single with "Fitzpleasure" on 24 February as a digital download and on 10" triangle shaped vinyl. It was written by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwilym Sainsbury and Thom Green and produced by Charlie Andrew. The song relates to the movie Léon, specifically the relationship between the main character (a hitman) and a young girl called Mathilda.[1] The band would later release the song "Leon", a tribute to the main character of the film. The cover image is a photograph of Ball's Pyramid.
The song has a YouTube video featuring imagery of human faces which steadily morph so that every so often you are looking at a new face. This video was a neat gimmick as at the time of release "Alt-J" was the shortcut for a YouTube video to rewind 7 seconds which was the perfect amount of time to go from one "finished" facial image to another so you would see a new face each time you pressed it. This no longer is the case as the shortcut is simply "j" and is now a 10 second skip so it no longer syncs up with the video.
Digital download[2]
10" single[3]
7" single[4]
Digital iTunes EP[5]
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 10 January 2012 | Digital Single | Infectious |
| 24 February 2012 | Digital EP, 10" vinyl | ||
| 10 December 2012 | 7" vinyl |