One Armed Scissor

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"One Armed Scissor"
At the Drive-In - One Armed Scissor cover.jpg
Single by At the Drive-In
from the album Relationship of Command
B-side
  • "Pattern Against User"
  • "Incetardis"
Released2000
Genre Post-hardcore, emo
Length3:45
Label Grand Royal
Songwriter(s)
[1]
Producer(s) Ross Robinson
At the Drive-In singles chronology
"One Armed Scissor"
(2000)		"Rolodex Propaganda"
(2000)

"One Armed Scissor" is the debut single by American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, released in 2000 from their album Relationship of Command . It was the first At the Drive-In song to be played regularly on a number of radio stations, and is considered to be one of the first emo songs to have achieved mainstream success. [2] The song reached No. 26 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and No. 64 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also the encore song of their 2016 reunion tour.

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Background

According to a Channel V interview, a one-armed scissor is a mixture of "red bull and vodka", and that the song is about their tours told from the omniscient character named the one-armed scissor who sees their hardships they deal with while on tour. [3]

This song, along with the B-side "Incetardis", was selected to be put on the compilation This Station Is Non-Operational , which itself was named after one of "One Armed Scissor"'s lyrics.

Videos

The music video for this song contains all footage from live shows and the road in general. A second version of the video was also released with the Fearless Records compilation This Station Is Non-Operational containing more live footage, as well as studio footage.

Track listing

  1. "One Armed Scissor" – 3:45
  2. "Pattern Against User" – 3:18
  3. "Incetardis" – 3:26

Charts

Chart (2000–01)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts) [9] 85
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 64
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [11] 26

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References

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  2. ↑ Deiterman, Corey. "Put On A Happy Face: 6 Ex-Emos Who Found More Success By Being Happy". Houston Press. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
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