Fitzpleasure

"Fitzpleasure" is a song by British alternative indie pop quartet alt-J from their debut studio album.

"Fitzpleasure"
Single by alt-J
from the album An Awesome Wave
A-side"Matilda"
Released18 May 2012 (split single)
Recorded2011
GenreIndustrial rock, experimental rock, indietronica, indie rock
Length3:42
LabelInfectious
Songwriter(s)Augustus Figaro Niso Unger-hamilton, Thomas Stuart Green, Joe Jerome Newman, Gwilym David Dylan Sainsbury
Producer(s)Charlie Andrew
Alt-J singles chronology
"Something Good"
(2012)		 "Fitzpleasure"
(2012)		 "Dissolve Me"
(2013)

Music video

A music video to accompany "Fitzpleasure" was released on YouTube on November 5, 2012, with a total length of three minutes and forty-one seconds.[1] French director Emile Sornin created the music video to be all black and white clips. The clips show a rundown, large city filled with gangsters, an old man with a tongue for an eye, prosthetic limbs, an old man with two faces (one in front and the other in the back of the head), contorting gang-like dancers, and mobsters.

Remakes

After seeing the band perform live, Jim James, lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for My Morning Jacket said, "...It kind of gave me this good, foreboding feeling. It was like seeing one of the great bands very young."[2] This encouraged James to remix the song, and his 'Apple C' remix was included on the deluxe edition of An Awesome Wave.

The song was used by American recording artist Miley Cyrus during her Bangerz Tour, in a bondage-themed video interlude titled Tongue Tied.[3] This later inspired the band to sample a line from her song "4x4" on "Hunger of the Pine", the lead single from their second album This Is All Yours.[4]

Charts
Chart (2012–13) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 47
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[6] 48
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[7] 27
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[8] 44

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] Silver 200,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold 500,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Fitzpleasure Music Video". Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. Grow, Kory. "Jim James on His First Solo LP and New Passion: Remixing". Spin. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. Sutherland, Mark. "Alt-J Prep Miley Cyrus-Approved Second LP This Is All Yours". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. Richards, Sam. "Alt-J: 'All the coolest bands are completely normal'". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. "Alt-J – Fitzpleasure" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  6. "Alt-J Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. "Alt-J Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. "Alt-J Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  9. "British single certifications – Alt-J – Fitzpleasure". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  10. "American single certifications – Alt-J – Fitzpleasure". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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