Infra-Red (song)

"Infra-Red"
Single by Placebo
from the album Meds
Released	19 June 2006
Genre	Alternative rock, electronic rock
Length	3:17
Label	Virgin Records
Writer(s)	Steve Hewitt, Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal
Producer(s)	Dimitri Tikovoi
Placebo singles chronology
"Song to Say Goodbye" (2006) "Infra-Red" (2006) "Meds" (2006)

"Infra-Red" is the third single from Placebo's fifth studio album, Meds, and was released on 19 June 2006. The song peaked #42 in the UK, #35 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart, and #91 in Germany. It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single.

The words "beggar's banquet", featured in its lyrics, references the Rolling Stones' album of the same name.

A live version of the song is available on the Live at La Cigale EP.

The cover art is a blurred picture of bassist, Stefan Olsdal.

Music video

Screenshot from 0:59s

The music video features businessmen apparently conspiring against the public. They observe a computer disk containing a graphic of a DNA molecule with a hazardous ligand. Meanwhile, a group of ants interfere with their computer equipment. A character, identified as a corporate executive president, gives a press conference with the help of a computerized prompter, but the ants' interference causes the prompter to say "I lied to you. We are the enemy", which the president reads.^[1]

Track listing

7"

• Side A - "Infra-Red"
• Side B - "Infra-Red" [Call the Ambulance remix]

CD

1. "Infra-Red"
2. "Infra-Red" [Hotel Persona remix]

DVD single

1. "Infra-Red" (video)
2. "Song to Say Goodbye" [extended video]
3. Behind the scenes footage & interviews from the "Infra-Red" video shoot
4. "Song to Say Goodbye" [River & Tears Remix]

CD Maxi

1. "Infra-Red"
2. "Infra-Red" [The Waltmann remix]
3. "Song to Say Goodbye" [River & Tears Remix]

Digital Download Tracks (sold separately)

1. "Infra-Red"
2. "Infra-Red" [The Waltmann Remix]
3. "Infra-Red" [Call The Ambulance Remix]
4. "Infra-Red" [Hotel Persona Remix]
5. "Infra-Red" [Live At Blackpool Empress Ballroom]
6. "Infra-Red" [Live At Glasgow Academy]
7. "Infra-Red" [Live At Newcastle Academy]

References

1. Placebo - Infra-Red HD (Official) on YouTube