Buck Rogers (song)

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"Buck Rogers"

Single by Feeder
from the album Echo Park
Released	January 8, 2001
Format	CD, 7" single
Recorded	late 2000
Genre	Indie rock
Length	3 min 13 s
Label	The Echo label
Producer(s)	Feeder and Gil Norton
Chart positions
#5 (UK) #3 (UK Airplay) #1 (5FM top 40 South Africa)
Feeder singles chronology
"Paperfaces" (1999)	"Buck Rogers" (2001)	"Seven Days In The Sun" (2001)

Buck Rogers was the first single released from British rock band Feeder's 2001 album "Echo Park". It reached #5 in the UK charts, the group's first top 10 single and their highest placed single ever until it was equalled in 2005 by "Tumble And Fall". The video featured the band appearing to emerge from an elephant. Frontman Grant Nicholas was quoted saying that the song was originally written for an American band, with producer Gil Norton convincing him not to part way with it. It touches on the theme of a relationship ending, while the character in the song is looking forward to the future. There is according to Grant, a comedy element involved.

It was performed by the band at the Live 8 concert in Edinburgh.

In November 2006, British DJ Meck released a remix, but feedback from Feeder's fanbase has been negative of late.^[1]

1 All-time list apperances
2 In Popular Culture
3 Track listing
4 References

[edit] All-time list apperances

#37 on Kerrang!'s top 100 singles of all time vote in December 2002.^[2]

#90, #25, #43 and #103 on XFM's X-list's of 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

#289 on VH2's "Indie 500" indie videos list in 2004.^[7]

#5 in the rock section of Kerrang! magazine's "666 Songs You Must Own".^[8]

[edit] In Popular Culture

In the film Behind Enemy Lines, "Buck Rogers" can be heard playing during the aeroplane taking-off scene.^[9]

Featured in the soundtrack to the video game Gran Turismo 3.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD1

"Buck Rogers" - 3:13
"Purple" - 4:05
"Heads" - 3:06

[edit] CD2

"Buck Rogers" - 3:13
"We The Electronic" - 4:00
"21st Century Meltdown" - 3:07
"Buck Rogers" (video)

[edit] 7" (Orange)

"Buck Rogers" - 3:13
"Sex Type Drug" - 3:16

[edit] References

^ proboards forum - Feeder Fan Site messageboard discussion thread
^ Kerrang's Top 100 British singles of all time
^ X-List 2003
^ X-List 2004
^ X-List 2005
^ X-List 2006
^ proboards forum - VH2 Indie 500- Feeder Fan Site messageboard discussion thread
^ Kerrang's "666 Songs You Must Own"- November 2004
^ IMDB "Behind Enemy Lines" soundtrack list

Discography
Feeder
Grant Nicholas \| Taka Hirose \| Mark Richardson
Jon Lee
Albums and extended plays: Two Colours EP \| Swim EP \| Polythene \| Yesterday Went Too Soon \| Echo Park \| Swim Rerelease \| Comfort in Sound \| Picture of Perfect Youth \| Pushing the Senses \| Feeder The Singles
Singles: Stereo World \| Tangerine \| Cement \| Crash \| High \| Suffocate \| Day in Day Out \| Insomnia \| Yesterday Went Too Soon \| Paperfaces \| Buck Rogers \| Seven Days in the Sun \| Turn \| Piece by Piece \| Just a Day \| Come Back Around \| Just the Way I'm Feeling \| Forget About Tomorrow \| Find the Colour \| Comfort In Sound \| Tumble And Fall \| Feeling A Moment \| Pushing the Senses \| Shatter / Tender \| Lost and Found \| Save Us