This Orient

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"This Orient"
Single by Foals
from the album Total Life Forever
Released	3 May 2010 (2010-05-03)
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Transgressive Records
Songwriter(s)	Jack Bevan, Edwin Congreave, Walter Gervers, Yannis Philippakis, Jimmy Smith
Foals singles chronology
"Spanish Sahara" (2010) "This Orient" (2010) "Miami" (2010)

"This Orient" is a song by British indie rock band Foals. It was released as the lead single from the band's second album, Total Life Forever. It was made available for digital download on 2 May 2010, and received a physical release the next day. The "Starkey remix" version of the song was used in Pro Evolution Soccer 2012.

The song is built around vocal samples,^[1] and the meaning behind the song is unclear.

The song peaked at number 97 on the UK Singles Chart.