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Encyclopedia > Reptilia (song)
"Reptilia"
"Reptilia" cover
Single by The Strokes
from the album Room on Fire
Released 2004 (USA)
Format CD
Genre Garage Rock
Length 3:35
Label RCA
Producer Gordon Raphael
The Strokes singles chronology
"12:51"
2003		 "Reptilia"
2004		 "The End Has No End"
2004

"Reptilia" is the second single lifted from Room on Fire, the second album of acclaimed American garage rock/post-punk band The Strokes. The single's B-side contains "Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men", where lead singer Julian Casablancas duets with Regina Spektor. The official release date was delayed slightly after Casablancas objected to the song being credited as "The Strokes and Regina Spektor", claiming that it should read "by Regina Spektor and The Strokes". Image File history File links The_Strokes_-_Reptilia_-_CD_single_cover. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... Room on Fire is the second album by the band The Strokes. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Gordon Raphael is a record producer and musician from Seattle, Washington. ... For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The End Has No End is the third single lifted from Room on Fire, the second album of acclaimed American garage rock/post-punk band The Strokes. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Room on Fire is the second album by the band The Strokes. ... For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men is the b-side on Reptilia, the second single lifted from Room on Fire, the sophomore album of acclaimed American garage rock/post-punk band The Strokes. ... Julian Fernando Casablancas (born August 23, 1978) is the vocalist and songwriter of the band The Strokes. ... Regina Spektor (Russian: ; born February 18, 1980) is a Soviet-born American singer-songwriter and pianist. ...


The title "Reptilia" refers to the "Reptilian brain," the central part of one's brain that handles basic emotions such as love and hate. Location of the amygdala in the human brain Located in the brains medial temporal lobe, the almond-shaped amygdala (in Latin, corpus amygdaloideum) is believed to play a key role in the emotions. ...


The cover of the single features the artwork from the cabinet of the 1980 arcade game Centipede by Atari. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... Centipede is a vertically-oriented shoot em up arcade game produced by Atari in 1980. ... This article is about a corporate game company. ...


The album title Room on Fire was drawn from a line in this song, "The room is on fire as she's fixing her hair". The song is one of the most popular songs by The Strokes.


The music video for the song was their first that was not directed by Roman Coppola. Instead they chose Jake Scott to shoot the video, which features close shots of the band members' faces and hands while performing the song. At the end of the video, Julian Casablancas blows a puff of smoke towards the camera. Roman Coppola is an American film director and music video director. ... Jake Scott is a director of music videos. ...


This song has been used on the motoring program, Top Gear during Richard Hammond's review of the Chevrolet Corvette.


The song is a playable track in the video game Rock Band, and is a playable track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Rock Band is an upcoming music video game under development by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games, and to be distributed by Electronic Arts Partners scheduled for a North American release during the 2007 holiday season. ...


Track listing

Reptilia

  1. "Reptilia (Album Version)" - 3:35
  2. "Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men" - 3:40
v • d • e
The Strokes
Julian Casablancas · Nikolai Fraiture · Albert Hammond, Jr. · Fabrizio Moretti · Nick Valensi
Albums and extended plays The Modern Age · Is This It · Room on Fire · First Impressions of Earth
Singles "Hard to Explain" · "Last Nite" · "Someday" · "12:51" · "Reptilia" · "The End Has No End" · "Juicebox" · "Heart in a Cage" · "You Only Live Once"
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Reptilia (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (234 words)
"Reptilia" is the second single lifted from Room on Fire, the sophomore album of acclaimed American garage rock/post-punk band The Strokes.
The title "Reptilia" refers to the "Reptilian brain," the central part of one's brain that handles basic emotions such as love and hate.
The music video for the song was their first that was not directed by Roman Coppola.
Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Room On Fire - The Strokes at Epinions.com (1050 words)
And while most of the songs on this album are no longer that simplistic, two of these new songs continue in the same vein.
This seems to be a song about struggling with fame as Julian laments having to write "top ten ideas/for countdown shows", and as the first track on the album, it's a great place to showcase Julian's vox.
I love this song and sing along to it all the time, especially at those points in my life where I feel it would be neat just to be forgotten.
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