"Timber" is a song by UK dance act Coldcut with Hexstatic.
| "Timber" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Coldcut and Hexstatic | |
| from the album Let Us Play! | |
| Released | January 1998 |
| Genre | Electronic |
| Length | 4:30 |
| Label | Ninja Tune |
| Songwriter(s) | Jonathan More, Matt Black, Stuart Warren-Hill |
| Producer(s) | Coldcut, Stuart Warren-Hill |
"Timber" contains audio samples of logging activities from a Greenpeace film about rainforest destruction,[1] as shown in the original video for the song, and was conceived by the band as a protest against the excesses of the logging industry.[2]
The 2001 Guinness Book of Records listed the song under Most Music Videos For One Song, since there are five different videos for the song: the original mix, the EBN remix, the LPC remix, the Clifford Gilberto remix and the Gnomadic remix.[3] The Timber EP contains 7 versions of the song.
References
edit- ^ www.oberon.nl, Oberon Amsterdam, Coldcut - 'Timber' | IDFA, retrieved 2021-09-27
- ^ Leonard, By: Charles; Culture (2019-04-19). "Political Songs | Timber – Coldcut". New Frame. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ Guinness book of records 2001 "MOST MUSIC VIDEOS FOR ONE SONG There are five different videos for the 1998 song 'Timber' by UK dance act Coldcut - the original mix, the EBN remix, the LPC remix, the Clifford Gilberto remix and the Gnomadic remix. They offered the ..."