Rocket (Goldfrapp song)

"Rocket"
Single by Goldfrapp
from the album Head First
Released8 March 2010 (2010-03-08)
GenreSynth-pop
Length3:51
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Alison Goldfrapp
  • Will Gregory
Goldfrapp singles chronology
"Clowns"
(2008)
"Rocket"
(2010)
"Alive"
(2010)

"Rocket" is a song by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp from their fifth studio album, Head First (2010). It was written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, with additional production by Pascal Gabriel. The song was released on 8 March 2010 as the album's lead single.[1][2] To promote the single, the duo performed the song on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 26 March 2010.[3] The accompanying music video features Alison driving a truck hauling a rocket with someone entirely wrapped in duct tape who is then taped to the rocket when it is launched at the end.

The track was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 2011 Grammy Awards, but lost to Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)".[4]

  1. ^ Dombal, Ryan (1 December 2009). "Goldfrapp Announce New Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Rocket single launched 8th March". Mute Records. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Series 18, Episode 10". BBC One. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2016.