Bucky Done Gun

Infobox Single
Name = Bucky Done Gun


Artist = M.I.A.
from Album = Arular
B-side = "Pull Up the People"
Released = July 11 2005
Format = 12" and CD
Recorded = Late 2004
Genre = Baile funk
Length = 3:46
Label = XL Recordings
Writer = Maya Arulpragasam and Wesley Pentz
Producer = Diplo, A. Brucker, P. Byrne, Wizard, DJ Marlboro
Certification =
Last single = "Sunshowers"
(2004)
This single = "Bucky Done Gun"
(2005)
Next single = "Galang '05"
(2005)"Bucky Done Gun" is the third single from M.I.A.'s critically acclaimed album "Arular". It is written by Maya Arulpragasam and Wesley Pentz and produced by Diplo, [ [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/08/01/050801crmu_music Brazilian Wax: The New Yorker ] ] with additional production by A. Brucker, P. Byrne and Wizard. The track samples heavily from Deize Tigrona's baile funk song "Injeção." [ [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1569728,00.html Ghetto fabulous | OMM | The Observer ] ] [ [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/08/01/050801crmu_music Brazilian Wax: The New Yorker ] ] Both "Injeção" and "Bucky Done Gun" sample the horns from "Gonna Fly Now" (the theme song from Rocky), composed by Bill Conti. [ [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1569728,00.html Ghetto fabulous | OMM | The Observer ] ] [ [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/08/01/050801crmu_music Brazilian Wax: The New Yorker ] ]

M.I.A. performed the song on May 3, 2005 on "Jimmy Kimmel Live". "Bucky Done Gun" was included in the soundtrack of "NBA Live 06", but renamed and re-edited as "Bucky Done."

Music video

The music video for "Bucky Done Gun" was directed by Anthony Mandler. It features Arulpragasam rapping aggressively against a desolate wasteland, erratically interspersed with scenes of her performing live in an underground nightclub, filmed in an artsy, guerrilla style. The video is also mixed with images of teenagers throwing grenades of smoking colour at buildings; Arulpragasam's live backup singer Ms. Cherry provocatively grinding against a chain-linked fence and giggling children playing in dirty streets and damp landscapes.

Track listings and formats

CD 1

#"Bucky Done Gun" [radio edit] – 3:45
#"Pull Up the People" [D'Explicit remix] – 3:35

CD 2/maxi

#"Bucky Done Gun" – 3:45
#"Bucky Done Gun" [DJ Marlboro's Funk Carioca remix] – 2:37
#"Bucky Done Gun" [¥£$ Productions's remix] – 3:26
#"Bucky Done Gun" [ DaVinChe remix] – 3:00
#"Bucky Done Gun" [instrumental] – 3:46
#"Bucky Done Gun" [a capella] – 3:17

12" vinyl single

#"Bucky Done Gun" – 3:45
#"Bucky Done Gun" [DaVinChe remix] – 3:00
#"Pull Up the People" [D'Explicit remix] – 3:35

Personnel

*Maya Arulpragasam - main performer, artwork
*A. Brucker - final mix and production
*P. Byrne - final mix and production
*Diplo - producer
*Wizard - programming, mixing and additional production

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.xlrecordings.com/broadcast/~bucky/ Music video for "Bucky Done Gun"]