Sunset (Bird of Prey)

"Sunset (Bird of Prey)" is a song by the British big beat artist Fatboy Slim, released from his 2000 album Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. The single peaked at No. 9 in the United Kingdom, No. 20 in Norway, and No. 25 in Ireland.

"Sunset (Bird of Prey)"
Single by Fatboy Slim
from the album Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
Released16 October 2000 (2000-10-16)
Recorded1999
GenreBig beat, electronica, trip hop
LabelSkint
Songwriter(s)Norman Cook, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison
Producer(s)Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim singles chronology
"Build it Up - Tear It Down"
(1999)		 "Sunset (Bird of Prey)"
(2000)		 "Demons"
(2001)

The song samples Jim Morrison's vocals from the Doors song "Bird of Prey."

Music video

The music video of the song is set in 1964 and features Robert Jezek as a United States Air Force pilot flying a British-made Hawker Hunter fighter plane named the Bird of Prey. It opens with the famous "Daisy" television commercial, which was used as a campaign for President Lyndon B. Johnson during this year, showing the pilot sitting in a room watching this commercial. He drinks a glass of water which has something bubbling in it, intercut with an image of a brain and a piece of paper with text describing a chemical. An identification form with Fatboy Slim's real name on it, (Colonel) Norman Cook is seen. As the drug comes on, he imagines he's flying the plane, and he eventually ejects and parachutes down, and then the hallucination stops. The actual song is playing during the flight sequence. Near the end of the video one can see the word "MKULTRA", which was a CIA-operated top secret confidential government project concerning mind control human experimentation, including using chemicals on test subjects (people) as truth serums. Also visible is another identification form with another name on it, Al Hubbard.

Filming

The filming took place at Duxford Aerodrome, and was produced by Flight Logistics of Borehamwood, who used an Aérospatiale Corvette to film the airborne scenes from.[1] The Hawker Hunter T8, provided by Ray Hanna's Old Flying Machine Company, is shown in a USAF livery which was changed for filming using removable decals.[2]

First version

An early version of the track, entitled "Bird of Prey" was released under the name Yum Yum Head Food on a 1995 US compilation of tracks from Norman Cook's Southern Fried label.

Track listing

CD

  1. "Sunset (Bird of Prey)"
  2. "My Game"
  3. "Sunset (Bird of Prey) (Darren Emerson remix)"

12"

  1. "Sunset (Bird of Prey)"
  2. "My Game"

Charts
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 63
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[4] 8
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[5] 15
France (SNEP)[6] 97
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 25
Ireland Dance (IRMA)[8] 6
Italy (FIMI)[9] 31
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 91
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 49
Norway (VG-lista)[12] 20
Scotland (OCC)[13] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 77
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 9
UK Dance (OCC)[16] 11
UK Indie (OCC)[17] 4
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[18] 35

See also

References
  1. "Bird_of_Prey". Flight-logistics.com. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  2. "1/72 Matchbox Hawker Hunter T.7 by Tine Soetaert". Aircraftresourcecenter.com. 21 April 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. "Ultratop.be – Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. "Lescharts.com – Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Sunset (Bird of Prey)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  8. "Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 2 November 2000". GfK Chart-Track. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  9. "Italiancharts.com – Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  11. "Charts.nz – Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  12. "Norwegiancharts.com – Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)". VG-lista. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  13. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  14. "Swisscharts.com – Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  15. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  16. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  17. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  18. "Fatboy Slim Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 July 2016.


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