2001Released
3:00

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Interesting facts and trivia about Wave of Mutilation - UK Surf. By Songfacts®.

Lead singer Black Francis (Frank Black) described this song as being about "Japanese businessmen doing murder-suicides with their families because they'd failed in business, and they're driving off a pier into the ocean."

In a concert in 2004 Frank Black stated half-jokingly, "This song is from about 15 years ago and while I didn't invent it, I was the first guy to sing about El Niño before it became all popular and everything. I just wanted to take credit for that."

Pixes drummer David Lovering describes this as a very "un-Pixies-like" song, calling it "gentle and dreamy." He told MusicRadar: "It's an easy song to play, but it's very effective in the way it grabs people. It's got a very odd, arresting spirit. There's nothing else that sounds quite like it."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Wave of Mutilation - UK Surf.
FKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
180BPM

Album

The album Wave of Mutilation - UK Surf is released on.
Complete B SidesPixies
2001Compilation

Released By

The record label that has released Wave of Mutilation - UK Surf.
4AD
2001 4AD Ltd
2001 4AD Ltd

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