"Leap of Faith" is the third single by
British band
Hadouken!, the single was released on the bands mixtape ''
Not Here to Please You'', the single itself was digitally released on 18 November 2007.
Background
The track is described by the band's official
Bebo website as:
The track was released on 12 November on the
EP titled ''
Not Here to Please You'', and then released as a digital single on 18 November 2007. It peaked at number 97 on
iTunes
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. It is also the only single by Hadouken! to be left out of their debut album, ''
Music for an Accelerated Culture
''Music for an Accelerated Culture'' is the debut album from new rave/grindie band Hadouken!, released as an Aerials exclusive on 24 April 2008 and as a physical copy on 5 May 2008. The album contains nine songs, three of which ("Spend Your Li ...
'', because it does not match the style of other songs on the album, and was written as an experiment.
The song is about Teenage pregnancy and Gang violence.
"''Leap of Faith''" is the theme song for
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
show ''
Sound'', on the fourth episode Hadouken! were featured on the show playing the single live.
The full version of the song was only available on MySpace and the "Love, Sweat and Beer EP". All other releases contain the radio edit of the song.
Track listing
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7digital
# "Leap of Faith" (radio edit) - 3:16
# "Leap of Faith" (Shoes remix) - 3.59
# "Leap of Faith" (Chase & Status dub) - 6:19
# "Leap of Faith" (Chase & Status vocal) - 6:21
Music video
The music video was released on 8 October 2007, and was made exclusive to
BBC Radio 1's
DJ Zane Lowe.
The video was filmed at
Grey Court School and begins with the band going towards the basketball court, with a montage of images from the area, the band then set their musical instruments up, and play. As the video progresses more and more special effects are used showing luminous fire and purple cables. The video was directed and created by Bobby Harlow and Stitch That, who also created the videos for
Liquid Lives
"Liquid Lives" is the second single by British band Hadouken!. The single reached the top 40 in the UK and currently the album's best selling single.
Background
The song deals with the binge drinking habits of the British people, and how it af ...
and "
That Boy That Girl".
References
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2007 singles
Hadouken! songs
2007 songs
Atlantic Records singles