Gravity's Rainbow (song)

"Gravity's Rainbow"
Song

"Gravity's Rainbow" is a song by British act Klaxons which appears on their album Myths of the Near Future. It is named after Thomas Pynchon's novel of the same name. The song was first released on Angular Records as a Double A-side with "The Bouncer" in March 2006 and was limited to 500 copies on 7" vinyl only . In September 2006 it was released on 12" vinyl with three remixes of the track.

The track was re-released in 2007, with a remix from Soulwax, a new Erol Alkan-produced track "Electrickery" and a live version of the track. For the re-release of "Gravity's Rainbow" the band reshot the music video.

The track was also used in the new Tony Hawk game 'Project 8'.

In a bizarre twist of fate, the track has now been covered by rave veterans Kicks Like A Mule (Klaxons covered KLAM's The Bouncer on the Xan Valleys EP). Jamie from the band posted on KLAM's MySpace page that they "couldn't be more honoured".

Track Listing

Original Release

7"

1. "Gravity's Rainbow" – 2:36
2. "The Bouncer"

12"

1. "Gravity's Rainbow" – 2:36
2. "Gravity's Rainbow" (Van She remix)
3. "Gravity's Rainbow" (Nightmoves remix)
4. "Gravity's Rainbow" (To My Boy remix)

Re-release

CD

1. "Gravity's Rainbow" – 2:36
2. "Gravity's Rainbow" (Soulwax remix)

7"

1. "Gravity's Rainbow" – 2:36
2. "Electrickery" produced by Erol Alkan

Etched 7"

1. "Gravity's Rainbow" (Live in Glasgow)