Clowns (song)

"Clowns" is a folktronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. The song was written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory for the duo's fourth album Seventh Tree (2008). It was released as the album's fourth single in October 2008.

For other songs, see Clown (disambiguation).
"Clowns"
Single by Goldfrapp
from the album Seventh Tree
Released20 October 2008 (2008-10-20)
GenreFolktronica, downtempo
Length4:10
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory
Producer(s)Goldfrapp, Gregory
Goldfrapp singles chronology
"Caravan Girl"
(2008)		 "Clowns"
(2008)		 "Rocket"
(2010)

On 20 October 2008, "Clowns" was available to digital download for free from Goldfrapp's official website and MySpace page.[1] A live version of the song, performed at the 2008 BBC Electric Proms, was also released as a free download.[2] As part of the newspaper's week of free Goldfrapp giveaways, The Guardian released a live version of "Clowns" recorded at Union Chapel in London, England.[3] The song was played over the film's end of Veronika Decides to Die (film). It has been covered by Melora Creager of Rasputina.

In a video interview with Blender, Alison Goldfrapp claimed the song was about the overabundance of women on reality television with breast implants.[4]

Track list

Digital single

  1. "Clowns" (album version)
  2. "Happiness" (choral version)

Official versions
  1. "Clowns" (album version) – 4:10
  2. "Clowns" (instrumental version) – 4:07
  3. "Clowns" (live from BBC Electric Proms 2008) – 4:32
  4. "Clowns" (live from Union Chapel) – 4:22
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gollark: I actually stole this particular quicksort from a r/haskell post talking about it.
gollark: ```lisp (let (partition_rec xs pred acc) (cond ((= xs '()) acc) (true (partition_rec (tail xs) pred (cond ((pred (head xs)) (list (cons (head xs) (head acc)) (snd acc))) (true (list (head acc) (cons (head xs) (snd acc)))) ))) )) (let (qsort xs cont) (cond ((= xs '()) (cont '())) (true (do (let h (head xs)) (let t (tail xs)) (let part_result (partition_rec t (lambda (x) (< x h)) '(() ()))) (qsort (head part_result) (lambda (ls) (qsort (snd part_result) (lambda (rs) (cont (+ ls (list h) rs)))))) )) ))```These all have to be done tail recursively or it could overflow.
gollark: Continuation passing style quicksort in a hilariously slow interpreter.
gollark: It manages *1* second, which is great.

References
  1. "Free Download: Clowns/Happiness (Choral Version)". Goldfrapp.com. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  2. "Goldfrapp". BBC. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  3. "Goldfrapp - Clowns (Live from Union Chapel)". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
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