'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)' (acoustic) – 3:52.

'Drumming Song' (Jack Beats Remix) – 5:04.

'Drumming Song' (Boy 8-Bit Remix) – 6:31.

NME named the song 48th best track of 2009, saying, 'In 'Drumming Song', she created possibly one of the most intensely passionate and physically aching love songs we've ever heard.' Formats and track listings UK CD single 'Louder than sirens, louder than bells, sweeter than heaven and hotter than hell,' she wails with more enough power and passion to justify all the critical acclaim.' David Balls from Digital Spy awarded the song 4 stars out of a possible 5, he stated: 'A darker and more brooding offering than 'Rabbit Heart', it's a case of drum as metaphor for love as Welch describes an unadulterated and impassioned love affair. 'Drumming Song' received positive feedback from critics. The song also appears on the soundtrack of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, the video game published by EA Sports. The English Baroque church, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, interpreted the overall shapes of Gothic architecture with the language of classical architecture. The single was also performed at numerous festivals around the UK during 2009, including Glastonbury, Brighton, T in the Park, Bestival, Reading and Electric Picnic in the Republic of Ireland.Ī music video for the song was shot in the interior of Christ Church, Spitalfields, with Florence Welch and dancers. Īs part of the single's promotion, the band performed the song on Jools Holland with their previous single ' Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)'. I'd read a lot of Gothic horror when I was a kid. No one else is moving forward at such pace! Again, it's really Gothic imagery – fairy tales and Edgar Allan Poe stories. To me it's the most forward-thinking music around. I was listening to a lot of hip hop and I wanted to make something that had that kind of beat to it.

If I really like someone, I like someone if I'm sad, I'm sad. I remember with my first boyfriend, walking past the window of a pub, seeing he was in there and literally throwing myself on the ground and crawling on the floor because I was so scared! I feel things quite intensely, which is probably why the music is quite intense. I'm really geeky – if I like someone, I just become incapable. When they're standing in front of you and you can't breathe, can't think, can't do anything properly.

This is about when there's that electricity between you, and a boy, and it's completely unspoken. Welch elaborated on the concept of the song: Ford co-wrote the song with Crispin Hunt and the song has backing vocals by Ladonna Hartley-Peters and Victoria Alkinlola. James Ford, the track's producer, is credited for the bass, drums, organ and piano contributions. 'Drumming Song' has an instrumental collaboration of drums, organ, piano, bass, violin, viola, cello and harp. The single was nominated for 'Best Music Video' (alongside Lady Gaga and Mika) at the Q Awards, which took place on 25 October 2009. Though not as commercially successful as their other singles, 'Drumming Song' is a favourite amongst fans at Florence and the Machine live performances. The B-side is a demo version of 'Falling' a track which appears only on the deluxe edition of Lungs. It was the band's fourth single to enter the top 75 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #54 during its week of physical release. The song was the band's second consecutive single to be A-listed on BBC Radio 1. The song was released on Island Records on 13 September 2009 in the UK as the fourth single from the band's first album Lungs. ' Drumming Song' is a song by the English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. Florence and the Machine singles chronology

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