Laura Palmer (song)

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"Laura Palmer"
Bastille-Laura Palmer.jpg
Single by Bastille
from the album Bad Blood
B-side "Thinkin Bout You"
Released3 June 2013
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:04
Label Virgin Records
Songwriter(s) Dan Smith
Producer(s)
  • Dan Smith
  • Mark Crew
Bastille singles chronology
"Pompeii"
(2013)		"Laura Palmer"
(2013)		"Things We Lost in the Fire"
(2013)
Music video
"Bastille - Laura Palmer (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

"Laura Palmer" is a song by British band Bastille. It is the fifth single from their debut studio album Bad Blood , and the follow-up to their hit single "Pompeii". [2] The song was originally released in 2011 as a track from their self-released EP of the same name (along with the tracks "Overjoyed", "Things We Lost in the Fire" and "Get Home"). [3] It was re-released as its own digital download on 2 June 2013. It peaked at number 42 on the UK Singles Chart. The song took its name from the character in David Lynch and Mark Frost's TV series Twin Peaks .

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Critical reception

Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating:

The track is immersed in inspiration from the popular show – from the blood-racing beats, to the haunting echoes. [...] The final result not only serves as an ear-friendly ode to Twin Peaks , but is sure to strengthen Bastille's very own cult following even more. Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Laura Palmer" was first released onto YouTube on 11 April 2013 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-one seconds. [5] In the video, which depicts a vague and bizarre story where group leader Dan Smith is kidnapped and released within less than two minutes, four people wear rubber masks. Toward the end, after being released, Smith is given a rubber mask; Smith dons the mask and removes it after a few seconds.

The version of the song used in the video is unique to it because of a sudden and unexpected interruption in the music. During the scene where Smith is kidnapped, which is shown as a camcorder shot, there is a jump-cut – as in a badly edited VHS tape – to a completely unrelated shot of a dog howling, also shot with a camcorder, and the song stops in the middle of the second chorus (the dog had already appeared in the video but with no accompanying audio). After five seconds, the video cuts back to a more neutral point-of-view shot and the song resumes.

Track listing

Digital download [6]
  1. "Laura Palmer" – 3:06
  2. "Thinkin Bout You" (featuring O.N.E.) – 3:05
  3. "Laura Palmer" (RAC Mix) – 3:11
  4. "Laura Palmer" (Imagine Dragons Remix) – 3:49
  5. "Laura Palmer" (Kat Krazy Remix) – 3:32
7" vinyl [7]
  1. "Laura Palmer"
  2. "Thinkin Bout You" (featuring O.N.E.)

In 2012, an alternate version of the song was included in The Sims 3 on the in-game Dark Wave radio station. [8]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [18] Gold15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom [6] [7] 31 May 2013 Digital download Virgin Records
3 June 2013 7" vinyl
Italy [20] 14 June 2013 Contemporary hit radio EMI

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