Speaking in Tongues (Arcade Fire song)
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"Speaking in Tongues" is the fifth single from
The Suburbs. It did not appear on the original track listing, but showed up on the deluxe edition as a bonus track.[1]
There is a direct reference to T.S Eliot's The Waste Land:[2] "Hypocrite reader, my double, my brother", himself quoting Baudelaire's To the Reader:[3] "— Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!"
The title itself is a reference to the Bible (Acts 2:4 ; 1 Corinthians 14:18) to a phenomenon called
glossolalia, which is believed to be a divine language unknown to the speaker. It is also a reference to the 1983 album of the same name by Talking Heads, the former band of guest singer David Byrne
.
Credits and personnel
- Win Butler – lead vocals, guitar
- Régine Chassagne – backing vocals, drums
- David Byrne – backing vocals
- Richard Reed Parry– guitar, string arrangements
- Tim Kingsbury – bass
- William Butler– keyboards, guitar
- Sarah Neufeld – violin, backing vocals, string arrangements
- Jeremy Gara – drums
- Owen Pallett – string arrangements
- Marika Anthony Shaw – string arrangements
- Arcade Fire and Markus Dravs – producers
- Craig Silvey and Nick Launay – mixing
Chart performance
| Chart (2012–13) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[4] | 11 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[5] | 39 |
References
- ^ Arcade Fire Release 'Speaking In Tongues' and 'Culture War'. Huffington Post Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Eliot, T. S. 1922. The Waste Land". 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Au Lecteur (To the Reader) by Charles Baudelaire".
- Ultratip.
- Ultratip.
