"Caesar" is a song by the English band I Blame Coco from their debut album, The Constant

The Constant (I Blame Coco album)

The Constant is the debut album by the English band I Blame Coco. It was initially released in most of mainland Europe in October 2010, and subsequently in the United Kingdom on 8 November 2010. It was preceded by three singles: "Caesar" , "Selfmachine", "Quicker" and "In Spirit Golden"...

. Produced by Klas Åhlund

Klas Åhlund

Klas Frans Åhlund is a Swedish songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. He is the founding member of the Swedish rock band Teddybears...

, the track features Swedish singer Robyn

Robyn

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 and was released as the album's lead single on 31 January 2010. The accompanying music video

Music video

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, directed by directing duo Hope Audikana, was uploaded onto Island Records

Island Records

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' official YouTube

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 account on 17 December 2009.

Critical reception

In a review for Digital Spy

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, Nick Levine called the song "quite a debut", stating that "Coco displays oodles of moody 'tude, referencing Lord Of The Flies

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results...

and hissing lines like 'You're all f**king hopers', Ahlund keeps the production as lean and fuzzy as an undernourished duckling, and Robyn herself turns up to deliver the ear-snagging chorus." Joe O'Sullivan from This Is Fake DIY

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 commented that "[t]he verse / chorus trade off between Coco and Robyn works very well, the contrast in their voices utilised to great effect as Robyn's impassioned singing is offset from Coco's by disinterested then snarling turns of We're going to knock down the walls, knock down the walls as the end of the chorus approaches." Ian Gittins from Virgin Media

Virgin Media

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 described "Caesar" as "fantastic sub-Gaga

Lady GaGa

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 electro-brat-pop and, most importantly, big fun." NME

NME

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critic Alex Denney referred to the song as a "good-ass pop tune", whilst both Heather Phares of Allmusic and Louisa Emery of The Wharf

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noted it as a standout on The Constant.

Track listings

UK iTunes EP

1. "Caesar" – 3:39
2. "Caesar" (Miike Snow
   Miike Snow
   Miike Snow is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt.-Early years:Miike Snow was formed in 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden....
   
    Remix) – 3:50
3. "Ritalin" (Acoustic Demo) – 2:02

UK 10" single

A1. "Caesar" – 3:39

A2. "Ritalin" (Acoustic Demo) – 2:02

B1. "Caesar" (Miike Snow Remix) – 3:50

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format
United Kingdom	31 January 2010	Island Records Island Records Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...	Digital EP Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
	1 February 2010		10" single Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...