"The Island" | ||||
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Single by Pendulum | ||||
from the album Immersion | ||||
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Recorded | 2009–2010 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Rob Swire | |||
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"The Island" is the third single from Australian drum and bass band Pendulum to be released from their third studio album, Immersion.[1] It was released on 19 September 2010.
"The Island" is a song split into two parts; "Dawn" and "Dusk", with "Dawn" receiving the majority of radio airplay. In a recent interview, Rob Swire stated that the premise of lyrics has to do with "two young lovers" and how they overcome adversity. The single includes remixes by DJ and record producer Tiësto, and by drum and bass DJ and record producer Lenzman. A Steve Angello, AN21 and Max Vangeli remix of the song was released as a digital single on 24 November 2010.[2] To promote the single, Pendulum also held a remix competition, releasing a free pack of remix stems taken from the "Dawn" part which was won by Madeon at the age of 16. The "Dusk" part uses a sample from Missy Elliott's "I'm Really Hot". In 2018, American DJ and record producer Skrillex released a remix of this song.
Devin Townsend used the song as a structural basis for his song "Save Our Now" from his fifteenth studio album Epicloud.