| "The Gift That Keeps Giving" | ||||
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| Single by Super Furry Animals | ||||
| from the album Hey Venus! | ||||
| Released | 25 December 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Miraval Studios, France | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Super Furry Animals | |||
| Producer(s) | Super Furry Animals with David Newfeld | |||
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"The Gift That Keeps Giving" is a song by Super Furry Animals taken from their 2007 album, Hey Venus!. It was given away as a free download single from the band's official website on Christmas Day 2007.[1]
The song was conceived as a Christmas single[2] as part of the band's plans to make a "pop record" in parent album Hey Venus![3] The title stems from sessions in 2004 for the extended live version of "The Man Don't Give a Fuck", at which the group's engineer repeatably used the phrase.[3] Critical response to "The Gift That Keeps Giving" was generally positive with the NME claiming it to be one of the best songs on Hey Venus![4] and BBC Wales describing the track as "brain-bendingly catchy".[5]
A Team D.A.D.D.Y. directed[6] music video was made to accompany the track's release as a single. The video features a spoilt child being showered with Christmas presents while poorer children are shown in tears due to their lack of gifts. Two different endings for the video were produced - in one Santa Claus is shown crucified on a cross while another sees Santa laid on the floor with an arrow through his head.
- ^ "Super Furry Animals to give away Christmas MP3". NME. 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ Martin, Piers (April 2008). "Album by album: Super Furry Animals". Uncut. 131: 70–72.
- ^ a b Rawlins, Ric (2007). "Super Furry Animals interview". Artrocker. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ "Hey Venus!". NME. 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ McLaren, James (2007). "The Gift That Keeps Giving". BBC Wales. Retrieved 2008-04-10. [dead link]