Alice (Moby song)

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"Alice"
Alice - Moby.jpg
Single by Moby
from the album Last Night
Released10 March 2008
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length
  • 4:27(album version)
  • 3:34 (single version)
Label Mute
Songwriter(s)
  • Moby
  • Segun Olakunle Adegunwa
  • Ainsley Robert Jones
  • Harry Olufemi Williams
Producer(s) Moby
Moby singles chronology
"Disco Lies"
(2008)
"Alice"
(2008)
"I Love to Move in Here"
(2008)

"Alice" is a song by the American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the second single from his eighth studio album, Last Night , on 10 March 2008. It features guest vocals from the British MC Aynzli Jones and members of the Nigerian group 419 Squad.

Contents

The music video was directed by Andreas Nilsson and is a collage of footage interspersed with Jones' head performing the song, along with clips of explosions and scientific experiments, and scenes of violence and discrimination from classic B-movies; one such scene is from the film Blood Tide which has James Earl Jones punching a watermelon in time to the music.

Track listing

  1. "Alice" (radio edit) – 3:36
  2. "Alice" (Drop the Lime–Heavy Bass Remix) – 5:03
  3. "Alice" (Noisia Remix) – 5:10
  4. "Alice" (General Midi Remix) – 6:19
  1. "Alice" (Drop the Lime–Heavy Bass Remix) – 5:03
  2. "Alice" – 4:27
  3. "Alice" (General Midi Remix) – 6:20
  4. "Alice" (acapella) – 4:01
  1. "Alice" (radio edit) – 3:33
  1. "Alice" (radio edit) – 3:36
  2. "Alice" (Drop the Lime–Heavy Bass Remix) – 5:03
  3. "Alice" (Noisia Remix) – 5:10
  4. "Alice" (General Midi Remix) – 6:20
  5. "Alice" (acapella) – 4:01

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [3] 92
CIS (TopHit) [4] 141

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References

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