| "(Drawing) Rings Around the World" | ||||
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| Single by Super Furry Animals | ||||
| from the album Rings Around the World | ||||
| Released | 8 October 2001 | |||
| Recorded | Monnow Valley Studio, Rockfield, Monmouthshire, 2000 | |||
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| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Super Furry Animals | |||
| Producer(s) | Super Furry Animals and Chris Shaw | |||
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"(Drawing) Rings Around the World" is a song by Super Furry Animals and was the second single taken from the band's fifth album, Rings Around the World. The track reached number 28 on the UK Singles Chart on release in October 2001.[2] Singer Gruff Rhys has described the song as being about "rings of communication around the world. All the rings of pollution".[3]
Critical reaction to the track was generally positive with many reviewers comparing the song to the work of other groups such as Status Quo, ELO and The Beach Boys. A promotional music video was produced to accompany "(Drawing) Rings Around the World"'s release as a single. Directed by Pedro Romhanyi the video features images of fictional television stations including "SFA TV", which shows the band playing along with the track. An alternative video, directed by Sean Hillen, was included on the DVD version of Rings Around the World on its release in July 2001. This video features the lyrics to the track scrolling slowly from the bottom of the screen upwards in front of an image of a globe. The DVD version of Rings Around the World also includes a Llwybr Llaethog remix of "(Drawing) Rings Around the World".
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (2 October 2009). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
"Earth will become Saturn II," Gruff Rhys declares on the title track...But the giddy glam-rock stomp on which his words are delivered seems to say...
- ^ "Search Results – Singles". everyHit.com. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
- ^ Carpenter, Troy (28 July 2001). "Gruff Rhys: Drawing Rings Around The World". Nude as the News. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2009.