Romantic Rights

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"Romantic Rights"
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Single by Death from Above 1979
from the album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
ReleasedNovember 4, 2004
RecordedFebruary April 2004
Genre
Length3:15
Label 679
Songwriter(s) Sebastien Grainger
Jesse F. Keeler
Producer(s) Al-P
Death from Above 1979 singles chronology
"Romantic Rights"
(2004)
"Blood on Our Hands"
(2005)

"Romantic Rights" is the first single from Death from Above 1979's debut album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine . Released in 2004, it reached number 57 on the UK Singles Chart. [1] Prior to the band's first name change, a self-titled extended play was released on April 13, 2004, consisting of four songs.

Contents

The song plays as the intro to, and throughout, the MTV show Human Giant. The song appears on the soundtrack for video games SSX On Tour and NBA 2K15 , the latter which was curated by music producer Pharrell Williams. [2] The band played "Romantic Rights" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien , with Grainger drumming for the first half of the performance and Late Night's Max Weinberg on the same drum set for the second. [3]

Track listing

7" vinyl

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Romantic Rights"3:18
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Romantic Rights" (The Phones Lovers remix)4:41

679 – 679L090 [4]

12" vinyl

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Romantic Rights" (Erol Alkan's Love from Below Re-Edit)6:21
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Romantic Rights" (The Phones Lovers remix)4:41
2."Romantic Rights" (Marczech Makuziak remix)3:57

679 – 679L090T [5]

Extended play

Romantic Rights
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EP by
ReleasedApril 13, 2004
RecordedNovember 2003
Genre Indie rock
Length12:58
Label Sound Virus Records
Death from Above chronology
Heads Up
(2002)
Romantic Rights
(2004)
You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
(2004)

The EP consists of four songs including two early versions of songs from You're a Woman, I'm a Machine, one song exclusive to the EP and a remix of the title track. It was released by Sound Virus Records in the United States.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."We Don't Sleep at Night"1:56
2."Romantic Rights"2:57
3."Pull Out"1:56
4."Romantic Rights" (Girlsareshort Remix)6:09

Personnel

Death from Above

Additional

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 57

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