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| Single by Kasabian | ||||
| from the album Kasabian | ||||
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| Released | 10 May 2004[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
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| Label | Paradise, RCA | |||
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| "Club Foot" on YouTube | ||||
"Club Foot" is a song by English indie rock band Kasabian, featured on their 2004 debut album, Kasabian. It was released on 10 May 2004 in the UK. The video of this song, directed by W.I.Z., is dedicated to Czech student Jan Palach who in 1969 set himself on fire in protest against renewed Soviet suppression of Czechoslovakia. The video also refers to the Soviet government's intervention in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 on a banner showing the text in Hungarian (Szabad Európa Rádió), which translates as "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty". The scene with the inspector girl who stands before the tank harks back to the young man who stood in front of the line of tanks in 1989 in Tiananmen Square, which itself has become an icon for resistance.
In October 2011, NME placed it at number 108 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[3]
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 8 May 2004. p. 29.
- ^ "Club Foot – Kasabian". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ 150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years | NME.COM