Bale Out

Not to be confused with Bailout.
"Bale Out"
Song by Lucian Piane
LanguageEnglish
PublishedYouTube
ReleasedFebruary 2, 2009
RecordedLos Angeles, California
GenreDance
Length2:46
Songwriter(s)Lucian Piane
Producer(s)Lucian Piane

"Bale Out: RevoLucian's Christian Bale Remix!" is a satirical dance remix by American composer Lucian Piane, also known as RevoLucian, released on February 2, 2009, to YouTube and Myspace. The piece parodies Christian Bale by utilizing audio from a July 2008 rant made by the actor on the set of Terminator Salvation. Various other elements are used in the remix, including pulsating dance track beats and clips of Barbra Streisand from a 2006 exchange with a supporter of then-President George W. Bush, creating the impression of Streisand arguing with Bale.

The day after its release, the YouTube page for the song had been viewed over 200,000 times, and over a million times by February 5, 2009. The Associated Press called it a "hypnotic dance track",[1] and United Press International noted it was "catchy", characterizing it as a "YouTube sensation".[2] Gil Kaufman of MTV.com described the piece as "a techno-ripping, demonic dance party".[3] Time magazine's website called the track "hilarious",[4] and Nine News characterized it as a "raging online success".[5] The director of Terminator Salvation McG liked the remix and put a copy of it on his iPod,[6][7] and Bale said he had heard the remix and thought "they did a good job".[8][9]

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