2010Released
5:16

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Interesting facts and trivia about Splitting The Atom. By Songfacts®.

This is a track from British musical production duo Massive Attack's fifth studio album, Heligoland. The song was originally released as the lead track of a 2009 EP.

The song features the vocals of the Massive Attack duo plus longtime cohort, ragga-reggae veteran Horace Andy. Blur's Damon Albarn plays keyboard.

There are references to banking bailouts on this song. Massive Attack founding member Robert "3D" Del Naja quipped to the NME January 16, 2010: "You know us. We like to mix the cod-politics in there, but in a more subtle way."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Splitting The Atom.
CKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
100BPM

Album

The album Splitting The Atom is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Splitting The Atom.
Virgin Records
© 2010 Virgin Records Limited
℗ 2010 Virgin Records Limited

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