Atlantic (song)
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| Single by Keane | ||
| from the album Under the Iron Sea | ||
| Released | April 24, 2006 | |
| Format | 7" Vinyl, Download | |
| Recorded | Helioscentric Studios, Rye, East Sussex The Magic Shop, NY |
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| Genre | Alternative New Age |
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| Length | 6:11 (video) 4:13 (album version) |
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| Label | Island Records | |
| Producer(s) | Andy Green | |
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| Keane singles chronology | ||
 "Bend and Break" (July 2005) |
 "Atlantic" (April 2006) |
 "Is It Any Wonder?" (May 2006) |
| Under the Iron Sea track listing | ||
| "Atlantic" (1) |
"Is It Any Wonder?" (2) |
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"Atlantic" is a song performed and composed by English piano rock and alternative band Keane and is featured on their second studio album, Under the Iron Sea as the opening track. The cover of the album is also the illustration representing the song in the inner pages of the book-shaped CD+DVD edition.
The song was premiered at a secret gig in London on April 5, 2006. It was officially released on 24 April 2006 as a the first single from the album (see 2006 in British music), firstly as a download only music video and later as a 7" Vinyl limited to 1000 pieces. This is to date the only Keane single with only one song on the track list. The video was aired only on Europe.
The song was featured in an episode of CSI: NY in season three.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] iTunes video
- "Atlantic"
- The video version is longer than the one found on the album, incorporating the outro of the album track "The Iron Sea" as well as an extended intro. Irvine Welsh, author of the novel Trainspotting, directed the video, which was filmed in black and white on a remote Sussex beach, and did not feature the band.
[edit] UK 7" Vinyl
- "Atlantic"
- A special 1000 copies limited edition of the single was released and sent to members of the messageboard. The single came inside a special box designed to contain the remaining singles of the "Under the Iron Sea era" (similar to the one released with "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore")
[edit] Composition, recording and musical structure
[edit] Composition and recording
"Atlantic" was composed by Tim Rice-Oxley circa 2005 and recorded at the Helioscentric Studios, Rye, East Sussex and at the Magic Shop, New York. First demos featured Rice-Oxley instead of Chaplin on the lead vocals. The first verse, lyrically was different to the final version. Sessions at the Magic Shop for the recording of this song were filmed and released on the Under the Iron Sea DVD. The video for Atlantic was filmed at a remote location in a beach in East Sussex. The recording appearing on this single is two minutes longer that the one on the album.
[edit] Musical structure
The first rhodes under the BMaj7 chord are played with Rice-Oxley's electric piano instrumentally. After 30 seconds, the bass and drums are added. Within 59 seconds, the shorter version appearing on the albums starts (running 19 seconds on that version). The weird intro of the drums was a particular reason for Rice-Oxley to include it on the album. Chaplin vocals are then introduced, without drums for 16 beats. Clocking 3:27 on the video and 2:32 on the album, the song drastically changes its tone to introduce the chorus and the final part, converting automatically the song in a ballad. While the album version fades with strings, the video version incorporates the outro of "The Iron Sea", with strange and electronic sounds including echoes and voices.
- Length: 4:13/6:11
- Tempo: 65bpm
- Key: 1st part: BMaj7; 2nd part: Eb
- Time signature: Semi out of time 4/4
- Instrumentation: electric piano, bass, drums, synthesizer, vox synthesizer, effects pedals and what could possibly be a string quartet.
[edit] Information about song's meaning
- "Atlantic" (2006) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- "Atlantic" is Keane's first single from their second album Under the Iron Sea.
- Problems playing the files? See media help.
According to Keane fansite, Keane.at, "This song talks about newly-wed Rice-Oxley feelings about his relationship."
Tim also explained this in May 22, 2006:
| “ | Well Atlantic was the first thing that we recorded for the record, and it was actually gonna be a b-side. It was weird (...) It's a piece of music that I'm really really proud, and I think we're all really really proud of as a band. It's a great example of a piece of music that we've all contributed to, and it wouldn't be the song that it is unless we all put something special into it. The reason it's the first song on the record, is because it's got such an incredible atmosphere to it, and I guess it's about having a terror of being alone - it sets the mood of the record really well, both musically and lyrically.[1] | ” |
[edit] Music video
The video for Atlantic was directed by Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh. The black and white video starts with scenes of the Atlantic Ocean and a beach at Sussex. Suddenly a long-bearded man comes out of the ocean. He walks quietly in direction to the beach. Then, he sees two people tying a sheet of paper and getting it into a bottle before they throw it to the sea. The man continues walking to find a boy playing soccer. Suddenly his ball rebounded in the cliff and felt on the water. He asks the man to go for it but the man refuses. The boy kicks the man and runs away. When the man recovers he continues walking. He sees a fat woman with a lifesaver. The woman throws herself to the sea. Suddenly the woman disappears leaving the lifesaver. The man is impressed and looks for a person. He finds an old man. The old man has a machine to look for something in the sand. Digging, they found a dead bird and the old man runs away shortly before the first man. When the chorus leads in, the man finds two boys building a sand castle, just before they destroyed it. The final scenes show three men (representing Keane) throwing two bottle into the sea. When the man turns around, he sees a man with a dark hood representing the Death. The man loses himself into the Death's eyes. Immediately, for two seconds every person in the video appears. On the final shot the Death carries away all the people appearing in the video.
[edit] Cover art
The cover artwork for the single was designed by Sanna Annuka Smith, a Finnish artist in May 2006.
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart | Peak position |
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| UK Official Download Chart | 35 |
[edit] External links
| Keane |
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| Tim Rice-Oxley | Tom Chaplin | Richard Hughes |
| Adam Tudhope | Dominic Scott | Andy Green | Alex Lake | Ed Roe |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Hopes and Fears | Under the Iron Sea |
| Lives and EPs: Live Recordings 2004 | Keane Live 06 | Live from London |
| Singles: "Call Me What You Like" | "Wolf at the Door" | "Everybody’s Changing (Part 1)" | "This Is the Last Time (Part 1)" | "Somewhere Only We Know" | "Everybody’s Changing (Part 2)" | "Bedshaped" | "This Is the Last Time (Part 2)"| "We Might As Well Be Strangers" | "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" | "Bend and Break" | "Atlantic" | "Is It Any Wonder?" | "Crystal Ball" | "Nothing in My Way" | "Try Again" | "A Bad Dream" |
| DVDs: Hopes and Fears DVD | Strangers | Under the Iron Sea DVD |
| Tours: Hopes and Fears Tour | Under the Iron Sea Tour |
| Other: List of songs by Keane |
| Related articles |
| Piano rock | Battle, East Sussex | Rye, East Sussex | War Child (charity) | Help - a Day in the Life |
