Elektrobank

"Elektrobank"
Single by the Chemical Brothers
from the album Dig Your Own Hole
B-side
  • "Not Another Drugstore"
  • "Don't Stop the Rock" (Electronic Battle Weapon version)
Released8 September 1997 (1997-09-08)
StudioOrinoco (South London, England)
Length8:18
Label
Songwriters
  • Tom Rowlands
  • Ed Simons
ProducerThe Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers singles chronology
"Block Rockin' Beats"
(1997) 		"Elektrobank"
(1997) 		"The Private Psychedelic Reel"
(1997)
Music video
"Elektrobank" on YouTube

"Elektrobank" is a song by English electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers. It was released as a single from their second album, Dig Your Own Hole (1997), in September 1997. It peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. Spike Jonze directed the music video, which depicted a mixed artistic gymnastics / rhythmic gymnastics competition with his girlfriend at the time Sofia Coppola as one of the competitors. It has been called "arguably Jonze's greatest music video".[1] The single does not appear on either of the duo's singles compilations, Singles 93–03 and Brotherhood.

Samples

The vocals "Who is dis doin' this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin'?"[2] are taken from the song "This That Shit" by Keith Murray. The voice of the introduction is from DJ Kool Herc and was recorded live at the Irving Plaza in late 1996.[3]

Music Video

The music video, directed by Spike Jonze, opens with a girl named Janet, putting a bandage on, as she is up next to go on and perform. As she walks out of a room, another girl from the other team finishes off her performance. Janet then walks to her coach, known as Mr. Lazzo. Janet takes off her jacket and pants, and the judges gave a score of the girl performing a 965. One of the judges then say "Next up, Janet from Saint Andrew's." She then gets ready, along with the girls on her team showing encouragement.

The song then kicks in, getting into the performance, with people watching and clapping in the background. The enemy team sledge on her quietly. Janet then does front flips and back flips, with the vocals saying "Who is dis doin' this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin?". Despite the cast on her foot, Janet manages to do really good in the competition, with the close up of the judges. It all goes well until Janet lands on her foot, with the tempo slowing down. The crowd starts murmuring, as Janet is almost done. Janet's parents then come in, doesn't give up, and does her last bit of the performance, which is a backflip, landing successfully, as her performances finish. Her team mates come in, and the score for Janet shows 970. Janet cheers, while the other team is upset. A photo is then taken of Mr. Lizzo holding Janet, as she made her team win.

There is also an audio commentary from Spike Jonze, but it doesn't sound like his voice, because it's different to the audio commentary on Daft Punk's Da Funk music video.

The audio commentary can be found on the DVD Copy of The Chemical Brothers: Singles 93-03, which contains all of the music videos from 1993 to 2003, with interviews, behind the scenes, etc.

Track listings

UK and European CD1[3]
No.TitleLength
1."Elektrobank" (full length)8:01
2."Not Another Drugstore"5:33
3."Don't Stop the Rock" (Electronic Battle Weapon version)7:15
UK and European CD2, Australian CD single[4]
No.TitleLength
1."Elektrobank" (radio edit)3:56
2."Elektrobank" (Dust Brothers remix)3:55
3."These Beats Are Made for Breakin'"2:48
UK 12-inch single[5]
No.TitleLength
1."Elektrobank" (full length)8:00
2."Not Another Drugstore"5:31
3."Elektrobank" (Dust Brothers remix)3:53
US maxi-CD single[6]
No.TitleLength
1."Elektrobank" (full length)8:01
2."Not Another Drugstore"5:33
3."Elektrobank" (Dust Brothers remix)3:55
4."Don't Stop the Rock" (Electronic Battle Weapon version)7:15
5."These Beats Are Made for Breakin'"2:48
6."Elektrobank" (edit)3:56
US 12-inch single[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Elektrobank" (full length)8:01
2."These Beats Are Made for Breakin'"2:48
3."Elektrobank" (Dust Brothers remix)3:55
4."Not Another Drugstore"5:33

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Dig Your Own Hole album booklet.[8]

Studios

  • Recorded at Orinoco Studios (South London, England)
  • Mastered at The Exchange (London, England)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] 38
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 16
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 44
Scotland Singles (OCC)[12] 17
Spain (AFYVE)[13] 9
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 17
UK Dance (OCC)[15] 7
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[16] 30

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States 11 August 1997 Alternative radio Astralwerks [17]
United Kingdom 8 September 1997
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
Japan 26 September 1997 CD [18]

References

  1. ^ Eric Henderson (26 October 2003). "The Work of Spike Jonze". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  2. ^ @ChemBros (24 April 2020). "Also has Keith Murray doing the 'psychedelic fuckin' vox. Remember telling Radio 1 that he was saying 'funkin' so t..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b Elektrobank (UK & European CD1 liner notes). The Chemical Brothers. Freestyle Dust, Virgin Records. 1997. CHEMSD6, 7243 8 94559 2 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Elektrobank (UK & European CD2; Australian CD single liner notes). The Chemical Brothers. Freestyle Dust, Virgin Records. 1997. CHEMSDX6, 7243 8 94560 2 8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Elektrobank (UK 12-inch single sleeve). The Chemical Brothers. Freestyle Dust, Virgin Records. 1997. CHEMST6, 7243 8 94559 6 0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Elektrobank (US maxi-CD single liner notes). The Chemical Brothers. Astralwerks. 1997. ASW 6204.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Elektrobank (US 12-inch single sleeve). The Chemical Brothers. Astralwerks. 1997. ASW 6204.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Dig Your Own Hole (UK CD album booklet). The Chemical Brothers. Freestyle Dust, Virgin Records. 1997. XDUSTCD2, 7243 8 42950 2 8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 14, no. 39. 27 September 1997. p. 13.
  10. ^ "The Chemical Brothers: Elektrobank" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  11. ^ "The Chemical Brothers – Elektrobank". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 14/9/1997 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  13. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 14/9/1997 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  15. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart on 14/9/1997 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  16. ^ "The Chemical Brothers Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Be on the Lookout". Gavin Report. No. 2167. 8 August 1997. p. 20.
  18. ^ "エレクトロバンク | ケミカル・ブラザーズ" [Elektrobank | Chemical Brothers] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 28 August 2023.


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