House of Cards (song)

Infobox Single
Name = House of Cards


Artist = Radiohead
Album = In Rainbows
A-side = "Bodysnatchers"
B-side =
Released = May 2008 (promo)
Format = Download, promo CD
Recorded =
Genre = Art rock
Alternative rock
Length = 5:28
Label = XL Recordings
Writer =
Producer = Nigel Godrich, Radiohead
Certification =
Last single = "Nude" (2008)
This single = "House of Cards" / "Bodysnatchers" (2008)
Next single = "Reckoner" (2008)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = In Rainbows
Type = studio
Tracks =
# "15 Step"
# "Bodysnatchers"
# "Nude"
# "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi"
# "All I Need"
# "Faust Arp"
# "Reckoner"
# "House of Cards"
# "Jigsaw Falling into Place"
# "Videotape"

"House of Cards" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead and is the eighth track on their 2007 album "In Rainbows". The song was released alongside "Bodysnatchers" as a promotional single and video from "In Rainbows" in late June 2008.cite web|title=Radiohead make new video - without cameras|publisher="NME"|date=2008-07-11|url=http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/37990|accessdate=2008-07-11]

Tracklisting

;Promo CD [ [http://www.rhdiscog.com/d/838 Radiohead Discography - RHDiscog.com - House of Cards / Bodysnatchers Acetate CD-R (5"), UK] ]
# "House of Cards" (radio edit)
# "Bodysnatchers"

Music video

The music video features clips of the faces of Thom Yorke and several other people interspersed with images of suburban landscapes. In lieu of traditional cameras, the video is made with lasers that detect the proximity of objects. This gives the video a grainy and grid-like appearance. Sheets of acrylic glass and mirrors [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyQoTGdQywY The Making-of "House of Cards" video] ] are passed in front of the lasers to create scenes in which the image appears distorted, partially disappears, or begins to disintegrate as if being carried by wind.

The video was made on a minimal set in Florida. The data used to make the video was released under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license [ [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8476 Radiohead’s “House of Cards” video data published under Creative Commons license] ] and is available at [http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/ Google Code] .

Remixes

On Radio 538's Tiësto's Club Life podcast, a remix by Solarstone was featured in the first hour of the program on podcast 56, which was released on April 25, 2008. [ [http://trance.nu/v4/forum/viewtopic.php?t=138323 Trance - Trance.nu - Tiësto's Club Life Tracklistings] ] The remix was given five stars by DJ Magazine in its issue No. 461 on April 30, with an editor calling it "a pure transcendental, bootleg beauty". [ [http://www.djmag.com/music/8094 DJ Magazine - DJMag.com - House of Cards (Solarstone's Subterranean Mix)] ] The remix has been played extensively by popular deejays like Tiësto, Paul Van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Matt Hardwick, Matt Darey and many others. [ [http://www.solarstone.co.uk/blogDetails/1/46 'House Of Cards' cleans up] ]

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