- Intervention (song)
Infobox Single
Name = Intervention
Artist =Arcade Fire
from Album = Neon Bible
Released =December 28 ,2006 (digital)May 21 ,2007 (UK vinyl)July 10 ,2007 (US vinyl)
Format = Digital download, 7" vinyl
Genre =Indie rock , Alternative
Length = 4:19
Label =Rough Trade Records ,Merge Records
Chart position = * #81 (UK)
Last single = "Keep the Car Running "
(2007)
This single = "Intervention"
(2006, 2007)
Next single = "No Cars Go "
(2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single
Lower caption ="Intervention" is a song by Canadian
indie rock bandArcade Fire . It is the second single released from the band's second full-length album, "Neon Bible". The single was released oniTunes onDecember 28 ,2006 and was releasedMay 21 as a 7" vinyl in the UK underRough Trade Records . In the US, it was released onJuly 10 underMerge Records . The B-side of the vinyl includes a cover of another song from Neon Bible, "Ocean of Noise", performed byCalexico . It became a single of the week on Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie's 8pm show onBBC Radio 2.Fact|date=June 2007"Intervention" currently holds the number eighteen spot on
Rate Your Music 's [http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/single/2000s Top Singles of the 2000s] . It was also voted song of the year on Tony Fenton's radio show on Today FM in Ireland. It also ranked as the #2 single of 2007 onCBC Radio 3 's year-end "R3-30" chart, behind onlyThe Weakerthans ' "Civil Twilight".Arcade Fire performed "Intervention" on
Saturday Night Live onFebruary 24 ,2007 [Sak Vid Pa Kanpe! Arcade Fire On SNL, http://stereogum.com/archives/video/sak-vid-pa-kanpe-arcade-fire-on-snl_004705.html] .Error in release
"Intervention" was set to be released on
December 26 2006 as a charity download for the Haitian charity organizationPartners in Health . When the band was uploading the song however, they accidentally uploaded "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations", another song from their album "Neon Bible". "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations" was removed shortly thereafter and "Intervention" was properly uploaded two days later.Track listing
#"Intervention"
#"Ocean of Noise"
#*Performed byCalexico References
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