"Starseed" is the second single from

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's first album '' Naveed'', released in 1994. It was remixed and released on the soundtrack to ''

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''. In addition, a live version from the 2003 ''

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'' album was released as a single. The song was also planned to be included on the soundtrack for

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's 1995 film ''

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'' but was left off. Art model Saul Fox makes a brief appearance in the music video and appears on the cover of the promotional single.

Origins

According to Maida in an interview with the ''

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'': "Starseed was written in five minutes. Chris acrettcame up with the bass line and the vibe was so heavy we just wrote it." It only took the band twenty more minutes to record the song.

Versions

The mix of "Starseed" released in the United States as a single and on the Armageddon soundtrack varies from the version released on ''Naveed''. The ending of the song, which on ''Naveed'' ended cold after the last lyric was extended to a fadeout, stretching the song from its original 4 minutes, 7 seconds to 4 minutes and 19 seconds. This version is known as the "Armageddon Remix".

Meaning

"It was based on this book by Ken Carey, ''The Starseed Transmissions'', about a channeling experience he had. The whole chorus is about if you have had a channeling experience and during this experience you find something you believe and trying to convince everybody else is not always an easy task. I'm into a lot of meditating. My dad was Catholic and he tried to school me in that, but I never really agreed with him. I've always been interested in religion and the way it affects society. The Starseed thing is about going on a meditation journey and coming back with something tangible. Something you actually believe in. Something that means something to you. It is hard to convince people of my father's generation of anything other than the religious values instilled in them." - Raine Maida

Track list

# "Starseed" # "Supersatellite"

Music video

The music video was produced by George Vale and is shot mostly in

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. It was filmed at a former

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. The video has a very middle-eastern theme, akin to the rest of the album, showing people levitating and dressed in

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. Future bassist

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makes a brief appearance in the video as an extra. During shooting, a

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that moved up and down fell three floors from the ceiling barely missing several band members."Transparent Humans Mailing List - Digest #31" April 5, 1996 The ''Starseed'' video was seen on ''

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'' during the episode "Green Thumbs" in 1995. The outdoor portion of the music video was filmed at the

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Charts

References

External links

* {{Our Lady Peace Our Lady Peace songs Songs written by Raine Maida