2013Released
4:11

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Interesting facts and trivia about Step. By Songfacts®.

This track has a Hip-Hop element. Singer Ezra Koenig told NME: "It's a sample from a (rapper) YZ song, and I came to know his lyrics through a Souls Of Mischief song called 'Step To My Girl' – and the melody they sampled is from a '70s song called ' Aubrey' by Bread."

The song concludes with a low-pitch vocal similar to that of New York MC A$AP Rocky. Digital Spy asked guitarist/keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij if it was inspired by the rapper? He replied: "We've worked on music for a long time together and we've experimented with pitching down vocals a bunch. It's not something that's inspired us recently; we've done it for ten years, if you could dig up all our experiments together!"

Asked if this meant Vampire Weekend were A$AP Rocky before he was, Batmanglij laughed and continued: "Yeah. That's not to say he doesn't bring his own style and courage to the way he does it. I think he's pushing boundaries with the extent to which he's doing it. But yeah, it's nothing new."

Batmanglij told NME: "That song is about people who can be possessive over music they love, and it's also about other songs."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Step.
A♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
78BPM

Album

The album Step is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Step.
XL Recordings
2013 Vampire Weekend under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
2013 Vampire Weekend under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd

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