Mercury (song)

For the Counting Crows song, see Recovering the Satellites.

"Mercury"
Song
B-side	"Idea For A Story"

"Mercury" is a song by Bloc Party which is to be released as a single on August 11, 2008. It will be produced by Jacknife Lee and Paul Epworth. Like "Flux", the band's previous single, the song uses mostly electronic instruments and features vocalist, Kele Okereke's voice during the chorus has been edited with no gaps between words and syllables removed to give it the effect that it is skipping. The song was first played on Zane Lowe's show on Radio One on July 7 2008 and was later uploaded to the Radio One website about fifteen minutes later. As of 7 July, 2008, the single does not have a chart position in any country.

Music Video

The video was simultaneously unveiled along with the song. It portrays monkey scientists placing an assortment of body parts into a body. The resulting creature, which has a bull's head, a crab's pincer, and a hairy human body then rises in popularity among the world, eventually becoming the presidentn of the United States. The entire time, the scientists are controlling it. Eventually, the creature (named Smith) goes to war with other countries to get bananas for the monkey scientists. It was made available to view on Bloc Party's website.