Fitzpleasure

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"Fitzpleasure"
Single by alt-J
from the album An Awesome Wave
A-side "Matilda"
Released18 May 2012 (split single)
Recorded2011
Genre Industrial rock, experimental rock, indietronica, indie rock
Length3:42
Label Infectious
Songwriter(s) Augustus Figaro Niso Unger-hamilton, Thomas Stuart Green, Joe Jerome Newman, Gwilym David Dylan Sainsbury
Producer(s) Charlie Andrew
Alt-J singles chronology
"Something Good"
(2012)
"Fitzpleasure"
(2012)
"Dissolve Me"
(2013)

"Fitzpleasure" is a song by British alternative indie pop quartet alt-J from their debut studio album, An Awesome Wave.

Contents

Music video

A music video for the song, composed of black and white clips, was directed by Emile Sornin and published to YouTube on November 5, 2012. [1]

Remakes

After seeing the band perform live, Jim James, lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for My Morning Jacket said, "...It kind of gave me this good, foreboding feeling. It was like seeing one of the great bands very young." [2] This encouraged James to remix the song, and his 'Apple C' remix was included on the deluxe edition of An Awesome Wave.

The song was used by American recording artist Miley Cyrus during her Bangerz Tour, in a bondage-themed video interlude titled Tongue Tied . [3] This later inspired the band to sample a line from her song "4x4" on "Hunger of the Pine", the lead single from their second album This Is All Yours . [4]

Charts

Chart (2012–13)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [5] 47
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 48
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [7] 27
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [8] 44

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [9] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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