Come to Daddy (song)

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"Come to Daddy"
Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy (single).jpg
Single by Aphex Twin
from the EP Come to Daddy
A-side
  • "Come to Daddy" (Pappy Mix)
  • "Flim"
B-side
  • "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball"
  • "Come to Daddy" (Little Lord Fauntleroy Mix)
Released6 October 1997
Genre
Length
  • 4:21(Pappy Mix)
  • 3:50 (Little Lord Fauntleroy Mix)
Label Warp
Songwriter(s) Richard D. James
Producer(s) Richard D. James
Aphex Twin singles chronology
"Girl/Boy"
(1996)		"Come to Daddy"
(1997)		"Windowlicker"
(1999)
Music video
"Come to Daddy" on YouTube

"Come to Daddy" is a song by British electronic music producer Richard D. James, released under his main pseudonym Aphex Twin. It was released as a single through Warp Records on 6 October 1997, coinciding with the lengthier extended play release of the same name. A music video for the song was released, which ranked at number one on Pitchfork 's Top 50 Music Videos of 1990s list. In October 2011, NME placed the song at number 42 on its "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years" list. [3] The song peaked at number 10 on the Danish Singles Chart and number 36 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Background

James noted his thoughts on the song in a 2001 interview with Index Magazine , notably being uninterested in its popularity.

"'Come to Daddy' came about while I was just hanging around my house, getting pissed and doing this crappy death metal jingle. Then it got marketed and a video was made, and this little idea that I had, which was a joke, turned into something huge. It wasn't right at all." [4]

After its successful release, James claimed that he removed the record from circulation for one week, hoping to prevent it from reaching number one; it peaked at 36. [4]

"Come to Daddy" has been interpreted as a parody of the Prodigy's hit single "Firestarter." [5]

Music video

The music video for "Come to Daddy" (released in October 1997) was directed by Chris Cunningham and filmed on the same council estate where Stanley Kubrick shot many scenes in A Clockwork Orange . [6] The scene is shot around Tavy Bridge Shopping centre, Thamesmead, which was demolished in 2007. [6] Much of the dark underground car parking is now gone.

Description

The video opens with an old woman (played by Coral Lorne) walking a dog in a grimy, industrial setting. The dog urinates on an abandoned television lying on the pavement, causing it to sputter unexpectedly into life, and a distorted and warping headshot of Richard D. James chants the lyrics. This unleashes a spirit, accompanied by a gang of small children, all of whom bear James' grinning face and who appear to inhabit the abandoned buildings. The children go around wreaking havoc, trashing an alley and chasing a man into his car. The thin man (played by Al Stokes [7] ) emerges from the television, screams in the woman's face, then gathers the children around him.

Distinctions and awards

The video is included on the Directors Label volume, The Work of Director Chris Cunningham . [8] The video was also named the number one video of the 1990s by Pitchfork. [9] The video won the Golden Nica (main award) in the Digital Musics category at the Prix Ars Electronica in 1999. [10]

Use in media

"Come to Daddy" was used in the television series Master of None in a scene where Aziz Ansari's character Dev imagines himself as a parent to two bratty children. [11] The song was also used at the end of the Joel Schumacher film 8mm . Earlier in the film, the music video is seen playing in the background on a television set. The song (and/or album) is mentioned in Frank Ocean's 2017 single "Provider" following the line "Stiff smile just like I'm Aphex Twin". [12]

The song was also featured in 2005 racing game Project Gotham Racing 3 as well as being featured in 2008 racing game MotorStorm: Pacific Rift and in the video CKY2K .

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Come to Daddy" (Pappy Mix)4:21
2."Flim"2:57
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Bucephalus Bouncing Ball"5:45
2."Come to Daddy" (Little Lord Faulteroy Mix)3:50

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Denmark (Tracklisten) [14] 10
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 36
UK Dance (OCC) [16] 5
UK Indie (OCC) [17] 9

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References

  1. ↑ Pattison, Louis (18 September 2014). "Aphex Twin – 'Syro'". NME . Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ↑ CMJ New Music Report. 58 (613). 12 April 1999.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years". NME . Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Index Magazine". 14 January 2001. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Come to Daddy at AllMusic
  6. 1 2 Inside Housing 2 October 2009
  7. ↑ Al Stokes at IMDb
  8. ↑ The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (2003) at IMDb OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  9. ↑ Plagenhoef, Scott (23 August 2010). "Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ars Electronica Archiv". archive.aec.at. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  11. ↑ Gordon, Jeremy (9 November 2015). "Aziz Ansari on the Music of "Master of None": Father John Misty, Aphex Twin, Arthur Russell, and More". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  12. ↑ Frank Ocean – Provider , retrieved 4 February 2020
  13. ↑ "Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy (Vinyl)". Discogs. 16 October 1997. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy". Tracklisten. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  17. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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