The Paddington Frisk

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"The Paddington Frisk"
The Paddington Frisk.jpg
Single by Enter Shikari
from the album Rat Race EP
Released4 April 2013 [1]
RecordedFebruary 2013
Genre Electronicore, hardcore punk, post-hardcore
Length1:17
Label Ambush Reality, Hopeless Records
Songwriter(s) Chris Batten, Rou Reynolds, Rob Rolfe, Rory Clewlow
Producer(s) Enter Shikari, Dan Weller
Enter Shikari singles chronology
"Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here"
(2012)
"The Paddington Frisk"
(2013)
"Radiate"
(2013)

"The Paddington Frisk" is a single by British rock band Enter Shikari. The music video was released on their YouTube channel on 4 April 2013 and the single was released the same day. [1]

Contents

Music video

The music video was filmed in London by Kode Media under the direction of Jamie Korn [2] and released on 5 April 2013. [3] The video showcases the band on a Japanese game show where a girl gives a man in a crocodile suit a noose and the band performs a choreographed dance miming hanging themselves. At the end of the video, the camera pans out to show the band in a board meeting presenting the video to an executive, who has a shocked expression on his face, with the band smiling. [4]

Track listing

Digital single
No.TitleLength
1."The Paddington Frisk"1:17
Shikari Sound System single
No.TitleLength
1."The Paddington Frisk" (Shikari Sound System Remix)2:11
2."The Paddington Dub" (Shikari Sound System Remix - Version)5:09

Band members

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