The Captain (Biffy Clyro song)

For the Kasey Chambers song, see The Captain (album).

"The Captain"
Single by Biffy Clyro
from the album Only Revolutions
B-side
  • Help Me Be Captain
  • Once an Empire
  • Party On
Released26 October 2009
Recorded2009
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:43
Label14th Floor
Songwriter(s)Simon Neil[1]
Producer(s)Garth Richardson
Biffy Clyro singles chronology
"That Golden Rule"
(2009) 		"The Captain"
(2009) 		"Many of Horror"
(2010)
Only Revolutions track listing
  1. "The Captain"
  2. "That Golden Rule"
  3. "Bubbles"
  4. "God and Satan"
  5. "Born on a Horse"
  6. "Mountains"
  7. "Shock Shock"
  8. "Many of Horror"
  9. "Booooom, Blast & Ruin"
  10. "Cloud of Stink"
  11. "Know Your Quarry"
  12. "Whorses"

"The Captain" is the third single from Biffy Clyro's fifth studio album, Only Revolutions, released on 26 October 2009.[2] It features a prominent brass section throughout the song. The music video was released on 23 September on NME.com. The B-side "Help Me Be Captain" is an early, more raw sounding, version of the song without brass instruments.

  1. ^ "Ascap entry". Ascap.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ Simpson, Oli (15 September 2009). "Biffy Clyro announce new album title". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 February 2020.