Black Mirror (song)

"Black Mirror"
Single by Arcade Fire
from the album Neon Bible
Released	January 22, 2007
Genre	Baroque pop indie rock post-punk revival
Length	4:11
Label	Merge
Songwriters	Will Butler, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara, Tim Kingsbury, Richard Reed Parry
Arcade Fire singles chronology
"Wake Up" (2005) "Black Mirror" (2007) "Keep the Car Running" (2007)

"Black Mirror" is the first single by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire in the US from their second album Neon Bible (while "Keep the Car Running" is the first in the UK).

The single was first announced by the band on January 19, 2007 and was streamed on their official website under "Win's Scrapbook". It was released three days later on January 22 under Merge Records.

A music video, starring Mathieu Samaille, ^[1] for Black Mirror was made by Olivier Groulx ^[2] and Tracy Maurice, who is also responsible for the art direction on Neon Bible and Funeral . ^[3] The interactive version, which allows the viewer to trigger instruments on or off, is the work of Vincent Morisset. ^[4]

The British television series of the same name drew its title from that of the song. ^[5]

References

1. "Black Mirror / rorriM kcalB". arcadefire.com. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
2. "Olivier Groulx". Groulx.org. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
3. Pitchfork: Behind the Scenes: Arcade Fire "Black Mirror" Video Archived January 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
4. "web-friendly director / réalisateur". Vincent Morisset. Archived from the original on 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
5. Harris, Sophie (5 March 2017). "Arcade Fire's 'Neon Bible': 10 Things You Didn't Know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 January 2025.