Romantic Rights Explained

Romantic Rights
Cover:Dfarr.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Death from Above 1979
Album:You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
Released:November 4, 2004
Recorded:FebruaryApril 2004
Label:679
Producer:Al-P
Next Title:Blood on Our Hands
Next Year:2005

"Romantic Rights" is the first single from Death from Above 1979's debut album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine. Released in 2004, it reached number 57 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] Prior to the band's first name change, a self-titled extended play was released on April 13, 2004, consisting of four songs.

The song plays as the intro to, and throughout, the MTV show Human Giant. The song appears on the soundtrack for video games SSX On Tour and NBA 2K15, the latter which was curated by music producer Pharrell Williams.[2] The band played "Romantic Rights" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, with Grainger drumming for the first half of the performance and Late Night's Max Weinberg on the same drum set for the second.

Track listing

7" vinyl

679 – 679L090[3]

12" vinyl

679 – 679L090T[4]

Extended play

Romantic Rights
Type:EP
Artist:Death from Above
Cover:DFA1979-romanticrights.jpg
Released:April 13, 2004
Recorded:November 2003
Genre:Indie rock
Length:12:58
Label:Sound Virus Records
Prev Title:Heads Up
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
Next Year:2004

The EP consists of four songs including two early versions of songs from You're a Woman, I'm a Machine, one song exclusive to the EP and a remix of the title track. It was released by Sound Virus Records in the United States.

Personnel

Death from Above

Additional

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com.
  2. Web site: Pharrell Williams' NBA 2K15 Soundtrack Revealed. Williams, Katie. August 13, 2014. IGN. April 27, 2015.
  3. Web site: Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights. Discogs.
  4. Web site: Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights. Discogs.