One Way Trigger

"One Way Trigger"
Single by The Strokes
from the album Comedown Machine
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2013 (2013-01-25)
Recorded2011–2012
Genre
Length4:01
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gus Oberg
The Strokes singles chronology
"Taken for a Fool"
(2011)
"One Way Trigger"
(2013)
"All the Time"
(2013)
Alternative cover
B movie-style lyrics sheet designed by Warren Fu.

"One Way Trigger" is a song by American rock band the Strokes. Written by the whole band,[1] it was released as a free download ahead of their fifth studio album, Comedown Machine and was made available for streaming via YouTube[2] and SoundCloud,[3] and as a free download via the band's official website on January 25, 2013.[3] Casablancas posted a stylized lyric sheet for the song, designed by long-time collaborator Warren Fu, on his official website on January 30, 2013.[4] The song is one of the few from Comedown Machine to have been performed live, and is the only Strokes song to have ever been performed live by Hammond Jr. as a solo artist.[5]

  1. ^ a b Comeback Machine (Album liner notes). The Strokes. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "The Strokes - "One Way Trigger" (Audio)". YouTube. Google. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b Battan, Carrie (January 25, 2013). "Listen: The Strokes' New Song "One Way Trigger"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  4. ^ Snapes, Laura. "Check Out the Strokes' B Movie-Style Lyric Poster for "One Way Trigger"". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ^ Fairbarn, Sam. "Albert Hammond Jr plays The Strokes' 'One Way Trigger' live". NME.com. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 30 June 2015.