2002Released
3:33

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Do You Realize??. By Songfacts®.

This song, which questions the very nature of human existence, was partly inspired by the sudden death of a Japanese friend of the band.

Thanks to its ubiquitous use on television commercials for products like VH1, Mitsubishi and Hewlett-Packard computers, this song became their best-known one to date. It could be argued that this was the track that put the Flaming Lips on, er, many record buyers' lips. Frontman Wayne Coyne told Uncut magazine June 2008: "The key song on the album is 'Do You Realize?' Writing that is like meeting (wife) Michelle, or one of those things that just happens to you where you say: 'How lucky am I?' I can say that I created that song, but I wouldn't have thought it had this other worldliness. I run into people every time we play who've used it at funerals, weddings or when their kids are born."

In March 2009 this was named the official Rock Song of Oklahoma. After an Oklahoma Rock Song Advisory Panel had narrowed down an original 458 songs down to ten, this won an on-line vote. It was then officially authorized as the state's official rock song as part of Senate Joint Resolution 24. Oklahoma is the Flaming Lips' home state, however unlike some of the other nominees, such as "Home Sweet Oklahoma," written by Leon Russell and "Oklahoma," by The Call, the song's lyrics do not mention the state. Oklahoma thus became the third state to have an "official state Rock song," following Ohio (the McCoys' "Hang On Sloopy") and Washington (Richard Berry's "Louie Louie").

Four years later, Oklahoma's governor Mary Fallin pulled the tune as the state's official rock song in a move her office said has more to do with priorities than musical taste.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Do You Realize??.
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
130BPM

Album

The album Do You Realize?? is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Do You Realize??.
Warner Records
© 2002 Warner Records Inc.
℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.

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