#The Chemical Brothers

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Two masks of Richard David James AKA Aphex Twin at the opening of new exhibition "Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers" at The Design Museum on July 28, 2020 in London, England.

Photo by David M. Benett

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The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 1999

"Hey Boy Hey Girl" is a song by the British big beat duo the Chemical Brothers. The song contains a sample from "The Roof Is on Fire" by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three. "Hey Boy Hey Girl" was released as the first single from the Chemical Brothers' third studio album Surrender in 1999.

Upon its release, the song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the top 10 in Finland, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and Spain. It debuted and peaked at number three on the Canadian Singles Chart, and reached the top 10 on Canada's RPM Dance Chart. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 50 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years", writing that the song "starts with a menacing, trance laden groove" and "builds to an absolute dance stomper".

"Hey Boy Hey Girl" received a total of 53,6% yes votes. Previous Chemical Brothers polls: #191 "Galvanize".

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The Chemical Brothers, Elektrobank, Spike Jonze, 1997

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wipeout (1995) ads

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HEY BOY HEY GIRL (DEMO) THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS [RADIO 1 ANTI-NAZI MIX, 1997]

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Music for daydreams.

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The first look into The Chemical Brother's first official book Paused In Cosmic Reflection with AURORA's backstage "Eve of Destruction" photos by Andrew Catlin

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The Chemical Brothers - Wide Open (feat. Beck)

Directed by: dom&nic

Dancer: Sonoya Mizuno

Choreography by Wayne McGregor

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The 90s MV Melee - round 1 match 47

Voter-submitted propaganda:

Waterfalls -

"it's TLC like come on"

Elektrobank -

"yet another Spike Jonze masterpiece, Sofia Coppola is in it"

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Sofia Copolla in the Chemical Brothers' "Elektrobank" music video

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the Chemical Brothers - Galvanize 2004

"Galvanize" is a song by British electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers featuring vocals by American rapper Q-Tip. It was released on 22 November 2004 as the first single from their fifth studio album, Push the Button (2005). "Galvanize" won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in February 2006.

The song peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart on 23 January 2005. It was the Chemical Brothers' highest-charting single in their native UK since "Hey Boy Hey Girl", which had also reached number 3 in 1999. The song peaked at number 1 in Greece and Spain. In Australia, it was ranked number 65 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.

The track features a distinct Moroccan Chaabi music string sample from Najat Aatabou's 1992 song "Hadi Kedba Bayna" ("This Lie is Obvious" in Arabic). The track also features rapping by Q-Tip (member of A Tribe Called Quest, and previously featured in the polls at #146 with Janet Jackson's "Got 'til It's Gone"). In part of the song, it is played a sample from the duo's first single "Leave Home", released in 1995.

62,3% pushed the correct buttons.

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Nowhere (1997)

music from the Gregg Araki movie

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