East Hastings (song)

"East Hastings"
Song by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
from the album F♯ A♯ ∞
ReleasedAugust 14, 1997 (1997-08-14)
RecordedMay 1997
StudioHotel2Tango
Length18:00
LabelConstellation, Kranky
Songwriter(s)
[1]
Producer(s)
  • Don Wilkie
  • Ian Ilavsky
  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor

"East Hastings" is a 1997 song by the Canadian rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor from the 1998 CD release of their debut album F♯ A♯ ∞ and is perhaps best known for its use in the film 28 Days Later in an edited version.[2][3]

The song is named after East Hastings Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.[4]

  1. ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
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  3. ^ "Danny Boyle's Greatest Hits: From Trainspotting to the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony". Rolling Stone. April 4, 2013.
  4. ^ Rhoades, Lindsey (September 13, 2016). "Dancing at BAM with Godspeed You! Black Emperor". The Village Voice.