Hunting for Witches

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"Hunting For Witches"
Single by Bloc Party
from the album A Weekend in the City
Released	March, 2007
Format	Download
Recorded	2006 at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland
Genre	Indie rock, Alternative rock
Length	3.21
Label	V2 Records
Writer(s)	Bloc Party
Producer(s)	Jacknife Lee
Bloc Party singles chronology
"I Still Remember" (2007)	"Hunting For Witches" (2007)

"Hunting For Witches" is a song by Bloc Party from their second studio album A Weekend in the City. It was speculated to be the second Australian single however I Still Remember has since been confirmed as the second single instead. It was first performed live May 2, 2006 at the Brigton Concorde 2.

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The lyrics are influenced by the Terrorist Attacks on London's transportation system in July 2005. It also contains references to the September 11 attacks and The Daily Mail. Band frontman Kele Okereke stated in an interview with Jolie Lash:

The 30 bus in Hackney, which is just around the corner from where I live, was blown up. [That song was] written when I was just observing the reactions of the mainstream press in [the UK] and I was just amazed at how easy it'd been to whip them up into a fury. ... I guess the point about the song for me is post-September 11th, the media has really traded on fear and the use of fear in controlling people.^[1]

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• Song lyrics

Bloc Party  v • d • e
Russell Lissack | Gordon Moakes | Kele Okereke | Matt Tong
David Searston | Mat Coleman | James Chorley
Discography
Studio albums: Silent Alarm | A Weekend in the City
EPs: Bloc Party EP | Little Thoughts EP | Two More Years EP
Remix albums: Silent Alarm Remixed
Singles: "She's Hearing Voices" | "Little Thoughts" | "Helicopter" | "Tulips" | "So Here We Are" | "Banquet" | "The Pioneers" | "The Prayer" | "I Still Remember" | "Hunting for Witches"