"Marble House" | ||||
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Single by the Knife | ||||
from the album Silent Shout | ||||
B-side | "Marble House" Remixes | |||
Released | 1 March 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2004–2005 in Stockholm | |||
Genre | Synthpop [1] | |||
Length | 5:18 | |||
Label | Rabid | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | The Knife | |||
The Knife singles chronology | ||||
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"Marble House" is a song by Swedish electronic music duo the Knife from their third studio album, Silent Shout (2006). It features contributing vocals from fellow Swedish singer Jay-Jay Johanson.
CMJ New Music Monthly called the song a "real gem" with "playfully flirtatious lyrics", [2] while The Guardian called it the "most commercial song" on the album, and described it as a "synth-pop Kurt Weill duet". [3]
Two music videos have been made for this song, both of which can be found on the deluxe edition of Silent Shout . The first version, directed by Björn Renner, depicts an early 20th-century or late 19th-century family. The second video depicts a day in the lives of a family of mice, who have built a fairly comfortable house behind a wall in a human house. It uses stop-motion animation and was directed by Chris Hopewell.
Sweden CD [4]
Europe 12" [4]
UK CD [5]
US CD [11]
US 12" [11]