Mercury (song)

This article is about the Bloc Party song. For other uses, see Mercury (disambiguation) § Songs.
"Mercury"
Single by Bloc Party
from the album Intimacy
Released10 July 2008
Recorded2008
Genre
Length3:50
LabelWichita
Songwriter(s)Russell Lissack, Kele Okereke, Matt Tong
Producer(s)Jacknife Lee
Bloc Party singles chronology
"Flux"
(2007) 		"Mercury"
(2008) 		"Talons"
(2008)

"Mercury" is a song by Bloc Party. It was produced by Jacknife Lee. Like "Flux", the band's previous single, the song uses mostly electronic instruments. The song was first played on Zane Lowe's show on Radio 1 on 7 July 2008 and was uploaded to the Radio 1 website about fifteen minutes later.[1] The single was made available for digital download on 10 July 2008. The track was named Single of the Week by Drowned in Sound on 11 August 2008.[2] It peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also appeared in the EA Sports game Fight Night Round 4 as well as Rockstar Games game Midnight Club: Los Angeles. An official remix by Hervé, subtitled "Hervé Is in Disarray Remix", was released on 2009's Intimacy Remixed.

  1. ^ "Radio 1 - Zane Lowe". BBC. 7 July 2008. Archived from the original on 4 February 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
  2. ^ "DrownedinSound.com - Singles Round-up 11/08/08". Archived from the original on 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-11.