Goldfrapp - Pilots

"We're pilots watching stars
the world preoccupied"

Album: Felt Mountain [Debut album]
Recorded: Wiltshire, England
Genre: Downtempo
Album Release: September 11th 2000
Single Release: November 5th 2001 [5th single]
Length: 4:30
Producer: Will Gregory
Vocals: Alison Goldfrapp [age 34]
Label: Mute Records

Music video


Live in London

Charts

Spotify: Over 2.5 million
YouTube Music: Over 400 thousand

Credits

Writers: Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory
Bass Guitar: Adrian Utley (from Portishead)
Violin: Jacqueline Norrie, Sonia Slany
Viola: Bill Hawkes
Cello: Nick Cooper
Percussion: Rowan Oliver
Brushes: Clive Deamer

Details

Goldfrapp released a different version of the song 'Pilots (On A Star)'

Alison Goldfrapp discussing Pilots in an interview with Yahoo music from 2000

"'Pilots' is my sci-fi image, a dream about being inside of this huge black bomber. Rubber radiators for clouds! This idea of feeling very small in the big scheme of things: 'What the f--k am I?' The idea of machinery being your friends. In a city you can hear people everywhere--upstairs, next door, downstairs. But if you're always worried about who's looking in your window, it can be a bit much. But there probably is somebody looking at you from somewhere."

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