Disparate Youth

"Disparate Youth"
Single by Santigold
from the album Master of My Make-Believe
Released14 February 2012
Recorded2010–11
Genre
Length4:44
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ricky Blaze
Santigold singles chronology
"Car Song"
(2012)
"Disparate Youth"
(2012)
"The Keepers"
(2012)

"Disparate Youth" is a song from American musician Santigold. The track was released in the United States on 14 February 2012 as the lead single from the artist's second studio album, Master of My Make-Believe (2012).[1]

In September 2012, "Disparate Youth" became the soundtrack to insurance company Direct Line's latest television advertisement.[2] In December 2012, an instrumental version of the song was used by Honda for their television advertisement, "Things Can Always Be Better". Direct Line also utilised the track for a range of adverts between 2012 and 2014. The song is also featured in the video games Forza Horizon and NBA 2K16.[3][4][5] It has also been used to advertise YouTube's Geek Week in August 2013.[6] The song was also used in the Netflix original series Atypical, in season one, episode six, during the end credits, and featured in Good Girls. “Disparate Youth” was featured in the 2020 trailer for the Netflix series “Unorthodox.”

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference digital was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Direct Line - Take the Direct Line - Advert Details". TVAdMusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  3. ^ "Soundtrack - Forza Horizon Wiki Guide - IGN".
  4. ^ Makuch, Eddie (July 9, 2015). "NBA 2K16 Has 50+ Song Soundtrack Curated By DJ Khaled, DJ Premier, DJ Mustard". GameSpot. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  5. ^ Nunneley, Stephany (July 24, 2015). "Get your groove on with the official NBA 2K16 soundtrack". VG247. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: YouTube Geek Week, Find Your Channels. YouTube.