Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels)

"Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)"
Single by Arcade Fire
from the album Funeral
B-side"My Buddy"
ReleasedJune 20, 2004
RecordedAugust 2003 – early 2004
StudioHotel2Tango (Montreal, Quebec)
Genre
Length4:48
LabelMerge
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire singles chronology
"Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)"
(2004)
"Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)"
(2005)

"Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" is a song by Canadian rock band Arcade Fire, and the first track on their debut album Funeral. It is the first of the four-part "Neighborhood" series found on Funeral. It was the band's first single, released several months before the album as a 7" vinyl record on June 20, 2004, to a pressing of 1500 copies. The B-side to the album is a recording of the song "My Buddy" by swing musician Alvino Rey. Rey is the maternal grandfather of Arcade Fire members Win and William Butler.[2]

Arcade Fire re-issued the single on November 29, 2019 as part of Record Store Day's Black Friday event.[3]

  1. ^ a b "The 50 Best Alt-Rock Love Songs". Spin. February 12, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) (Vinyl)". Discogs. June 20, 2004. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  3. ^ Murray, Robin (October 11, 2019). "Arcade Fire To Re-Issue Debut Single 'Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)'". Clash. Retrieved December 6, 2019.