Over and Over (Hot Chip song)


"Over and Over" is the first single from Hot Chip's second studio album The Warning. It was released twice in the UK in 2006 – first reaching number 32 in March and number 27 in October. The song was featured in the soundtracks of the video games Project Gotham Racing 4, Saints Row 2, and Forza Horizon. The song was also used in The Inbetweeners S01E04 - "Will Gets a Girlfriend". On May 29 2017 the song was featured in the American Dad episode "Bazooka Steve".

Music video

The music video, directed by Nima Nourizadeh, features the band members in what appears to be a heavily special effects-laden production, effects which are rarely seen in the video, instead having the band members performing in a stylized green screen stage, with several bored-looking assistants in green bodysuits holding props. The video was preloaded on all first generation Zune 30 devices.

Artwork

The cover art, designed by Wallzo and Owen Clarke, uses the same pattern present in many of the other releases from The Warning.

Release and reception

The track first appeared in December 2004 on a studio mix by Radio Soulwax. The mix was broadcast in Australia, the UK, and in Belgium. The US release of "Over and Over" occurred on 29 November 2005 on DFA/Astralwerks. The B side, "Just Like We ", did not chart. The song was released in the UK for the first time on 27 February 2006 on EMI and was re-released in the UK on 9 October 2006.

Critical reception

NME described "Over and Over" as being an "insanely catchy kitchen-sink club-stomper". The lyrics "Laid-back? We'll give you laid-back" were described as a "thinly-veiled raised middle finger to detractors who considered them 'too chilled'". NME also described it as "a rhapsodic, DFA-sized slice of smart pop." Allmusic said that "Over and Over"'s "pulsing groove suggestive of old stuff and new ".
The single was rated as the single of the year in 2006 by UK music magazine NME. In response to this, Alexis Taylor stated that he was proud and that it was "a very nice thing to happen after a year of working on record, promoting it and playing it". In 2009, Pitchfork Media ranked the track at number 45 on their decade-end list. In 2011, NME placed it at number 7 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

Track listing

First release

CDS track listing

  1. "Over and Over"
  2. "A Family in Here"
  3. "Over and Over"
  4. "Over and Over"

    7" track listing

  5. "Over and Over"
  6. "The Girl In Me"

    Second release

CDS1 track listing

  1. "Over and Over"
  2. "Grubbs"

    CDS2 track listing

  3. "Over and Over"
  4. "Sexual Healing"
  5. "Over and Over"

    12" track listing

  6. "Over and Over"
  7. "Over and Over"
  8. "Just Like We "
  9. "Just Like We "

    7" track listing

  10. "Over and Over"
  11. "Sexual Healing"