Machine Gun (Portishead song)

"Machine Gun"
Single by Portishead
from the album Third
Released	18 March 2008
Format	Digital download, 12"
Recorded	2005–2008
Genre	Industrial, electronica, experimental
Length	4:45
Writer(s)	Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons
Producer	Portishead
Portishead singles chronology
"Only You" (1998) "Machine Gun" (2008) "The Rip" (2008)

Machine Gun is the first single taken from the 2008 LP Third by Portishead. The song made its radio and download debut on 18 March 2008. It premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show and was made available for download on the band's official website. A UK one-sided 12 inch vinyl was released on 14 April 2008.

The music video features the band playing the song at the studio. The 12-inch vinyl was released on 14 April, while a digital version was made available from the official site on 10 April. On 29 May, during the first concert at the Estrella Damm Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Chuck D of Public Enemy joined the band onstage to perform a rap section on the instrumental part at the end of the song.^{[citation needed]}

Tracklist

1. "Machine Gun" – 4:43

Sales chart performance

"Machine Gun" entered the UK Singles Chart at #52 on 30 March 2008, their first singles chart entry for ten years since "Only You" in March 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Chart (2008)	Peak position
French Singles Chart	82

External links

• Machine Gun vinyl 12-inch edition at Discogs.