"Club Foot" is a song by English indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Kasabian, featured on their 2004 debut album Kasabian

Kasabian (album)

Kasabian is the debut album by the British indie rock group Kasabian, released in September 2004 through BMG Records subsidiaries Arista Records and RCA Records. The album spawned four singles and rose to fourth place on the UK Album Chart....

. It was released on 17 May 2004 in the UK. This song is dedicated to Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 student Jan Palach

Jan Palach

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, who committed suicide

Suicide

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 in political protest by self-immolation

Self-immolation

Self-immolation refers to setting oneself on fire, often as a form of protest or for the purposes of martyrdom or suicide. It has centuries-long traditions in some cultures, while in modern times it has become a type of radical political protest...

. The video also references to the Soviet government's intervention in Hungarian Revolution of 1956 in a transparency showing Hungarian text (Szabad Európa Rádió) which translates as "Independent Europe Radio".

In October 2011, NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

placed it at number 108 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

Appearances

The song has been used in various movie, television, video game and other productions, including some of those below: -

• Video game: Trailer and introduction to Tony Hawk's Project 8
  Tony Hawk's Project 8
  Tony Hawk's Project 8, officially abbreviated as THP8, is the eighth installment in the Tony Hawk series of video games. It was released on sixth-generation and seventh-generation consoles...
  
  
• Video game: Introduction to Pro Evolution Soccer 5
  Pro Evolution Soccer 5
  Pro Evolution Soccer 5 is an football video game developed and produced by Konami as part of the Pro Evolution Soccer series...
  
  
• Video game: Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
  Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
  Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition is a racing game, developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games, and is the third game in the Midnight Club series. Like previous installments in the series, the game is an arcade-style racer and focuses on wild, high-speed racing, rather than...
  
  
• Video game: Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
  Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
  Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure is a video game released on February 14, 2006. It was developed by The Collective, Inc. and published by Atari under license by Marc Ecko...
  
  
• Video game: Juiced
• Video game: SingStar Rocks!
• Video game: Introduction to WRC: Rally Evolved
  WRC: Rally Evolved
  WRC: Rally Evolved is a WRC video game for the PlayStation 2 and was released in Europe on October 21, 2005...
  
  
• Television: Football on Sky Sports
  Sky Sports
  Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
  
  
• Television: Theme music for The Take
  The Take (TV series)
  The Take is a 4 episode drama TV series on Sky 1 based upon the Martina Cole novel. Shooting for the show took place in Dublin. The show premiered on June 17 2009 and stars Tom Hardy, Brian Cox, Hayley Angel Wardle, Shaun Evans, Kierston Wareing and Charlotte Riley .The show received critical...
  
  , an East-End gangster miniseries starring Tom Hardy
  Tom Hardy
  Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy is an English actor. He is best known for playing the title character in the 2008 British film Bronson, the character of Eames in Inception, and the villain Praetor Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis...
  
  
• Television: Season three finale of Numb3rs
  NUMB3RS
  Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
  
  
• Television: Introduction to season four episode of Smallville
  Smallville
  Smallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross...
  
   titled "Lucy
  Lucy
  Lucy is an English and French feminine given name derived from Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning as of light . Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Lucie...
  
  "
• Television: Twice used on the BBC motoring programme Top Gear
• Television: Season one, Episode 13, of Criminal Minds
  Criminal Minds
  Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
  
  
• Movie: Goal!
  Goal! (film)
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• Movie: The Guardian
  The Guardian (2006 film)
  The Guardian is a 2006 action-adventure drama film starring Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, and Melissa Sagemiller. The film was released on September 29, 2006, and was directed by Andrew Davis, director of The Fugitive...
  
   starring Ashton Kutcher
  Ashton Kutcher
  Christopher Ashton Kutcher , best known as Ashton Kutcher, is an American actor, producer, former fashion model and comedian, best known for his portrayal of Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show...
  
   and Kevin Costner
  Kevin Costner
  Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Costner's roles include Lt. John J...
  
  
• Movie: The Boys Are Back
  The Boys Are Back
  The Boys Are Back may refer to:*The Boys Are Back , a 1989 album by Sawyer Brown*The Boys Are Back , a 2009 album by The Oak Ridge Boys*The Boys Are Back , a 1994 American sitcom...
  
   starring Clive Owen
  Clive Owen
  Clive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
  
  
• Movie: Doomsday
  Doomsday (film)
  Doomsday is a 2008 British science fiction film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film takes place in the future. Scotland has been quarantined because of a deadly virus. When the virus is found in London, political leaders send a team led by Major Eden Sinclair to Scotland to find a...
  
   directed by Neil Marshall
  Neil Marshall
  Neil Marshall is an English film director, editor and screenwriter. Marshall began his career in editing and in 2002 directed his first feature film Dog Soldiers, which became a cult film. He followed up with the critically acclaimed horror film The Descent in 2005...
  
  
• Movie Trailer: Green Street
  Green Street
  Green Street is a 2005 British/American independent drama film about football hooliganism in England. It was directed by Lexi Alexander and stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. In the United States and Australia, the film is called Green Street Hooligans, while in the United Kingdom it has the...
  
  
• Movie Trailer: District 13 starring David Belle
  David Belle
  David Belle is well known as the founder of Parkour. Belle founded Parkour based on his training and the teachings from his father Raymond Belle. The discipline has since spread around the world and now has adherents in virtually every country...
  
  
• Movie Trailer: Serenity
  Serenity (film)
  Serenity is a 2005 space western film written and directed by Joss Whedon. It is a continuation of the short-lived 2002 Fox science fiction television series Firefly, taking place after the events of the final episode. Set in 2518, Serenity is the story of the captain and crew of a cargo ship...
  
  
• Football: Used by Arsenal
  Arsenal F.C.
  Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
  
   at the Emirates Stadium
  Emirates Stadium
  Ashburton Grove, currently known as the Emirates Stadium, is a UEFA elite football stadium which is home to Arsenal FC, where they moved from Highbury in 2006. It has an current capacity of 60,361, and there have been rumours of an expansion...
  
   as player entrance song.
• Football: Remixed version used by Aston Villa at Villa Park
  Villa Park
  Villa Park may mean:United Kingdom* Villa Park, an association football stadium in Birmingham, EnglandUnited States* Villa Park, California, a small city in Orange County* Villa Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago in DuPage County...
  
   as player entrance song.
• Soundtrack: Tony Hawk's Project 8
• Miscellaneous: As music video on a "Sampler" UMD disk included in the value pack of the Sony PlayStation Portable
  PSP
  PSP most commonly refers to the PlayStation Portable, a handheld game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment.PSP may also refer to:-Computing and programming:*Corel Paint Shop Pro, a graphics editor...
  
   system at its initial launch.

Reissue

"Club Foot" is a reissued single from Kasabian. The single entered the UK Chart at #21. The Maxi CD contains two new B-sides and a remix of "Club Foot", while the 2-track CD contains a live version of non-album track "55".

Maxi CD

• PARADISE30

1. Club Foot – 2:51
2. The Duke – 3:35
3. Bang – 3:05
4. Club Foot (Jimmy Douglass Remix) – 3:21
5. CD-rom with Club Foot promo video + Club Foot Live @ Brixton Academy video

10" Vinyl

• PARADISE31

1. Club Foot – 2:51
2. 55 (Live @ Brixton Academy) – 4:23
3. Club Foot (Jimmy Douglass Remix) – 3:21

Australian EP

• 82876659622

1. Club Foot – 2:51
2. Reason Is Treason – 3:44
3. Trash Can – 2:53

[Notes: Red Digipak]

External links

• View "Club Foot" music video (Type "Club Foot" into the box underneath the player)