Do the Panic
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"Do the Panic" is a song by the band Phantom Planet
, first released in 2004 on their album Phantom Planet: Negatives. In March 2008, the song was re-released with different lyrics on their album Raise the Dead
and also as a single. The 2008 version also featured in a Season One episode of Gossip Girl
, as well as its soundtrack OMFGG and was used as part of the Fox Broadcasting Company
's fall 2008 ad campaign. The song also appears in EA's NHL 09 and for the TV spots for 50/50.
The music video premiered in early May 2008. It is a horror movie spoof
, showing the band members missing several body parts. This video also includes a short audio clip from a remixed version of "Leader" playing before the actual song kicks in.
In early 2008, Rolling Stone gave the song and its accompanying album a rating of 3.5/5 stars, commenting "Raise the Dead gives its macabre subjects (and its lighter ones) an oddly upbeat spin. Jumping from Bowie glam to disco punk, the band tosses in synths, arch backing coos and riffing saxes for songs that are both expansive and strange." It was number 71 on Rolling Stone
s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.
for the song, directed by Mike Myerburg, features the band performing in a log cabin
. Throughout the video, band members are seen running through the woods outside, only to have their limbs
hacked off by an unseen killer
. As each band member is killed, the band shots show that member now missing from the performance until only singer Alex Greenwald
is left. However, the limbs
that had been hacked off by the killer come back to life
to play the rest of the song with Greenwald.
Phantom Planet
Phantom Planet are an American alternative rock band from Southern California. Formed in 1994 in Los Angeles, the band consists of Alex Greenwald , Darren Robinson , Sam Farrar and Jeff Conrad . The band is best known for its track "California", which became the theme song for the Fox TV series,...
, first released in 2004 on their album Phantom Planet: Negatives. In March 2008, the song was re-released with different lyrics on their album Raise the Dead
Raise the Dead
-Singles:The second single is "Dropped". The video, directed by Eric Wareheim, was released in December 2008. The song was featured in the season opener of season two of Chuck -Musicians:Phantom Planet*Alex Greenwald – lead vocals, rhythm guitar...
and also as a single. The 2008 version also featured in a Season One episode of Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...
, as well as its soundtrack OMFGG and was used as part of the Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
's fall 2008 ad campaign. The song also appears in EA's NHL 09 and for the TV spots for 50/50.
The music video premiered in early May 2008. It is a horror movie spoof
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
, showing the band members missing several body parts. This video also includes a short audio clip from a remixed version of "Leader" playing before the actual song kicks in.
In early 2008, Rolling Stone gave the song and its accompanying album a rating of 3.5/5 stars, commenting "Raise the Dead gives its macabre subjects (and its lighter ones) an oddly upbeat spin. Jumping from Bowie glam to disco punk, the band tosses in synths, arch backing coos and riffing saxes for songs that are both expansive and strange." It was number 71 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.
Do the Panic EP
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the song, directed by Mike Myerburg, features the band performing in a log cabin
Log cabin
A log cabin is a house built from logs. It is a fairly simple type of log house. A distinction should be drawn between the traditional meanings of "log cabin" and "log house." Historically most "Log cabins" were a simple one- or 1½-story structures, somewhat impermanent, and less finished or less...
. Throughout the video, band members are seen running through the woods outside, only to have their limbs
Limb (anatomy)
A limb is a jointed, or prehensile , appendage of the human or other animal body....
hacked off by an unseen killer
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
. As each band member is killed, the band shots show that member now missing from the performance until only singer Alex Greenwald
Alex Greenwald
Alexander Greenwald is an American musician, actor, and more recently a record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the Californian rock band, Phantom Planet, which is on indefinite hiatus according to a blog posting on the band's official website.-Life and career:Greenwald was born in...
is left. However, the limbs
Limb (anatomy)
A limb is a jointed, or prehensile , appendage of the human or other animal body....
that had been hacked off by the killer come back to life
Life
Life is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have signaling and self-sustaining processes from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased , or else because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate...
to play the rest of the song with Greenwald.