Giving Up the Gun

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"Giving Up the Gun"
Single by Vampire Weekend
from the album Contra
Released	February 19, 2010
Recorded	2009
Genre	Indie pop synth-pop
Length	4:46 (Album Version) 3:48 (Radio Edit)
Label	XL
Composer(s)	Chris Baio Rostam Batmanglij Ezra Koenig Christopher Tomson
Lyricist(s)	Ezra Koenig
Producer(s)	Rostam Batmanglij
Vampire Weekend singles chronology
"Cousins" (2009) "Giving Up the Gun" (2010) "Holiday" (2010)
Alternative cover
promo CD cover

"Giving Up the Gun" is the second single from Vampire Weekend's second album Contra. The song was originally performed by L'Homme Run, a comedic rap duo that featured Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig. The video was released February 19, 2010.^[1] Koenig got the idea for the song from Noel Perrin's 1979 book titled Giving Up the Gun given to him by his father. It samples the song "Let Down" by Radiohead.