Take California

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"Take California"
Single by Propellerheads
from the album Decksandrumsandrockandroll
Released1996 (1996)
Genre Big beat
Length3:15 (Go On, Force Me Edit)
7:23 (Album Version)
Label Wall of Sound
Composer(s) Alex Gifford
Propellerheads singles chronology
"Take California"
(1996)		"Spybreak!"
(1997)

"Take California" is a 1996 single by the British big beat group Propellerheads. [1]

Contents

There are two versions of this song, called "Take California (Go On, Force Me Edit)" and "Take California (Album Version)". The latter is approximately four minutes longer than the former. [1]

The song is instrumental except for its repeated eponymous sample of Richard M. Nixon’s speech from an interview by Earle Doud and Alen Robin. [2]

Awards and accolades

"Take California" was nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1999 in the category of Best Rock Instrumental Performance. [3] NPR recognized the song as one of eleven essential Big Beat songs. [4]

Usage in media

The song was featured in the first iPod commercial [5] in October 2001. [6] The song was also included on the soundtrack of the 1999 film Forces of Nature , [7] and appeared in the 1998 film Uprising . [8]

Track listing

  1. "Take California (Go On, Force Me Edit)" – 3:17
  2. "Take California And Party" – 5:39
  3. "Take California (Album Version)" – 7:24
  4. "Echo And Bounce" – 5:26

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Take California at MusicBrainz
  2. ↑ ""Propellerheads's 'Take California' sample of Earle Doud and Alen Robin's 'Second Interview - Vice President Richard M. Nixon'"". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, James (January 6, 1999). "Women Dominate Grammys / Lauryn Hill leads with 10 nominations". San Francisco Chronicle . Hearst Corporation. p. 4. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Big Beat Revolution: 11 Essential Songs". NPR. 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  5. ↑ ""10 Years of iPod Ads: From Techie to Sassy"". WIRED. 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  6. ↑ "Revisit the mid-2000s through iPod commercials". The Verge. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  7. ↑ "Forces of Nature (1999) - Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  8. ↑ "Thread: Uprising soundtrack". Teton Gravity Research Forum.
  9. ↑ "Propellerheads – Take California". Discogs. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
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