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Intervention (song)

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"Intervention"
Song

"Intervention" is a song by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. It is the third single released from the band's second full-length album, Neon Bible. The single was released to digital retailers on December 28, 2006, and was released as a 7" vinyl in the UK under Rough Trade Records on May 21, 2007. In the US, it was released on July 10, 2007, under Merge Records. The B-side of the vinyl includes a cover of another song from Neon Bible, "Ocean of Noise", performed by Calexico.

Arcade Fire performed "Intervention" on Saturday Night Live on February 24, 2007.[1] The song was covered by the operatic soprano Renée Fleming in her 2010 album Dark Hope.

The song was listed at #271 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 songs of the 2000s".

Music video

A no official music video of "Intervention" accompanying scenes from the 1925 movie Battleship Potemkin was published on March 30, 2007 in YouTube.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Intervention" – 4:17
  2. "Ocean of Noise" – 4:54 (performed by Calexico)

References