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"The Salmon Dance" is a song by English electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers and is the seventh track on their 2007 studio album We Are the Night. It features vocals by Fatlip and was released as the second single from the album on 10 September 2007.[1]

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"The Salmon Dance"
Single by the Chemical Brothers
from the album We Are the Night
B-side	"Snooprah" "Electronic Battle Weapon 8"
Released	10 September 2007
Label	Freestyle Dust Astralwerks
Songwriter(s)	Derrick Lemel Stewart Tom Rowlands Ed Simons
Producer(s)	The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers singles chronology
"Do It Again" (2007) "The Salmon Dance" (2007) "Midnight Madness" (2008)

The video, directed by Dom and Nic, features a boy (played by British actor Rory Jennings[2]) looking at his fish tank, which is home to Fatlip the Piranha, his friend "Sammy the Salmon" (actually a squirrel fish), Puffa the beatboxing pufferfish, a lionfish, and various other tropical fish such as seahorses, butterflyfish, angelfish and tangs.^{[citation needed]} It is featured in season three, episode three "The Black Clock of Time" of Bored to Death.

The single has reached number 10 on the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart, mainly due to downloads and airplay.[3] It also reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart, and as of 2017, remains their last UK top 40 hit. Its video was also nominated for a MTV Europe Music Award in 2007.

Track listings

UK 7-inch single

1. "The Salmon Dance" (album version)
2. "Snooprah"

UK 12-inch single

1. "The Salmon Dance" (album version)
2. "Electronic Battle Weapon 8"
3. "The Salmon Dance" (Crookers 'Wow' mix)
4. "The Salmon Dance" (Hervé mix)

UK CD single

1. "The Salmon Dance" (radio edit) – 3:07
2. "Electronic Battle Weapon 8" – 6:32

iTunes remix single

1. "The Salmon Dance (Heavily Smoked By the Glimmers)

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[4]	3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5]	95
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3]	10
Scotland (OCC)[6]	19
UK Singles (OCC)[7]	27
UK Dance (OCC)[8]	1

References

На других языках

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- [en] The Salmon Dance

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[es] The Salmon Dance

«The Salmon Dance»" es una canción del dúo de música electrónica inglés The Chemical Brothers y es la séptima pista de su álbum de estudio de 2007 We Are the Night. Cuenta con la voz de Fatlip y fue lanzado como el segundo sencillo del álbum el 10 de septiembre de 2007. [1]

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[ru] The Salmon Dance

«The Salmon Dance» — песня британского электронного дуэта The Chemical Brothers, а также седьмая по счёту композиция на их студийном альбоме We Are the Night 2007 года. Она была выпущена вторым синглом из альбома 10 сентября 2007 года[1].

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