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Reptilia (song)
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| Single by The Strokes from the album Room on Fire |
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| Released | 2004 (USA) | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Genre | Garage Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:35 | ||||
| Label | RCA | ||||
| Producer | Gordon Raphael | ||||
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"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".
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 cover of the single features the artwork from the cabinet of the 1980 arcade game Centipede by Atari.
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.
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 in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
- "Reptilia (Album Version)" - 3:35
- "Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men" - 3:40
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| 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" |
| Related articles | Discography |
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