"Do You Realize??" | ||||
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Single by the Flaming Lips | ||||
from the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots | ||||
Released | 19 August 2002 | |||
Recorded | June 2000 – April 2002 | |||
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Length | 3:32 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins and Dave Fridmann | |||
Producer(s) | The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker | |||
The Flaming Lips singles chronology | ||||
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"Do You Realize??" is a song by the Flaming Lips, and was released as the first single from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It is one of the group's most accessible and popular songs, having reached No. 32 in the UK Singles Chart. It was adopted as the Official Rock Song of Oklahoma from 2009 to April 2013 and was ranked No. 31 on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of the 2000s. It is also the band's most popular live song,[4] and has rarely been excluded from setlists since its inception into their live shows in 2002.
...through deserved alt-rock hits like "Do You Realize??"...
Part cartoon Beatles psychedelia, part Moody Blues space-schmaltz, the album features this melodic crown jewel...It was a defining, inspiring moment for a band that had evolved...to mainstream rock redeemers.