2011Released
4:13

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Interesting facts and trivia about Switchblade Smiles. By Songfacts®.

The first single from British indie rock band Kasabian's fourth album, Velociraptor was this Dan the Automator produced monster. The song was debuted during Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 on June 7, 2011.

Vocalist Tom Meighan told NME: "It's got that 'Sabotage' Beastie Boys edge to it, but it's pure Kasabian really. The confusion and noise and melodies and drops and breaks. It's the older brother of 'Vlad.'"

Guitarist and lead songwriter Serge Pizzorno told XFM radio that for Velociraptor's first single he "wanted a song that sounded like the inner mechanism in a machinegun. I wanted a sound like energy and chaos."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Switchblade Smiles.
DKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
106BPM

Album

The album Switchblade Smiles is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Switchblade Smiles.
Columbia
(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

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