The Salmon Dance

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"The Salmon Dance"
Single by the Chemical Brothers
from the album We Are the Night
B-side
  • "Snooprah"
  • "Electronic Battle Weapon 8"
Released10 September 2007
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Derrick Lemel Stewart
  • Tom Rowlands
  • Ed Simons
Producer(s)The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers singles chronology
"Do It Again"
(2007)
"The Salmon Dance"
(2007)
"
Midnight Madness
"
(2008)

"The Salmon Dance" is a song by English electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers and is the seventh track on their 2007 studio album We Are the Night. It features vocals by Fatlip and was released as the second single from the album on 10 September 2007.[1]

The video, directed by

The Black Clock of Time" of Bored to Death
.

The single reached number 10 on the New Zealand

MTV Europe Music Award
in 2007.

Track listings

UK 7-inch single

  1. "The Salmon Dance" (album version)
  2. "Snooprah"

UK 12-inch single

  1. "The Salmon Dance" (album version)
  2. "
    Electronic Battle Weapon 8
    "
  3. "The Salmon Dance" (Crookers 'Wow' mix)
  4. "The Salmon Dance" (Hervé mix)

UK CD single

  1. "The Salmon Dance" (radio edit) – 3:07
  2. "Electronic Battle Weapon 8" – 6:32

iTunes remix single

  1. "The Salmon Dance" (Heavily Smoked By the Glimmers)

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[4] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 95
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 10
Scotland (OCC)[6] 19
UK Singles (OCC)[7]
27
UK Dance (OCC)[8] 1

Certifications

Certifications for "The Salmon Dance"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9] Gold 35,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ HMV Music
  2. ^ "The Chemical Brothers "The Salmon Dance" | HIP Video Promo". HIP Video Promo. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "The Chemical Brothers – The Salmon Dance". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. Ultratip
    . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. ^ "The Chemical Brothers – The Salmon Dance" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 9 July 2023.