This was the breakthrough single for Hot Chip. It was released in the UK for the first time on February 27, 2006 peaking at #32 on the singles chart. The song was re-released in the UK on October 9, 2006, this time reaching #27.
Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor told Mojo magazine September 2012 that the song was written, "when I was interested in hypnotic, repetitive music like Terry Riley's 'A Rainbow in Curved Air.' If you get a good loop going, you could listen to it forever. You hear something different every repeat."
The single was named as their #1 Track of 2006 by the staff of NME. In response, Taylor admitted to the UK magazine that he was really pleased Hot Chip's labours had been recognised. "I'm really proud, it's a very nice thing to happen after a year of working on this record, promoting it and playing it," he said. "The single seemed to have a strange life of its own where people kept returning to it, playing it in clubs and around the world even!"
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