7 Skies H3

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"7 Skies H3"
Song by The Flaming Lips
from the album 24 Hour Song Skull
LanguageEnglish
ReleasedOctober 31, 2011
Recorded2011 at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York
Genre
Length1440:00 (Full version)
50:00(CD version)
Label Warner Bros., Lovely Sorts of Death
Songwriter(s) Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd
Producer(s) The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker

"7 Skies H3" is a composition by American experimental rock band The Flaming Lips, released on October 31, 2011.

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"7 Skies H3" is a single, 24-hour-long song contained in an EP, 24 Hour Song Skull. Although compiled as a contiguous, day-long song, it was recorded in separate pieces ranging anywhere from 25 minutes to 7 hours. [1]

The song was released in a limited edition of 13 copies, on flash drives encased in real human skulls, for Halloween 2011. Each skull cost $5,000. A website was also set up, streaming the song on an endless loop.

On April 19, 2014 the band released a condensed 50 minute version, separated into 10 tracks, on a translucent vinyl LP for Record Store Day, limited to 7,500 copies. It was released on CD and Digital on May 19, 2014.

Track listing

Full version

No.TitleLength
1."7 Skies H3"1440:00

CD version

No.TitleLength
1."7 Skies H3 (Can't Shut Off My Head)"8:25
2."Meepy Morp"2:58
3."Battling Voices From Beyond"3:09
4."In A Dream"4:51
5."Metamorphosis"5:17
6."Requiem"3:33
7."Meepy Morp (Reprise)"2:01
8."Riot In My Brain!!"4:32
9."7 Skies H3 (Main Theme)"6:32
10."Can't Let It Go"8:20
Total length:50:00

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Personnel

The Flaming Lips

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References

  1. Bosso, Joe (October 31, 2011). "Interview: The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne on band's "insane" 24-hour song". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  2. "7 Skies H3". 2014.