F.E.A.R. (song)
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{{Infobox Single |
Name = F.E.A.R. |
Cover = FEAR.jpg|
Artist = [[Ian Brown]] |
from Album = [[Music of the Spheres (Ian Brown album)|Music of the Spheres]] |
Released = [[September 17]], [[2001]] |
Format = [[compact disc|CD]] 5", [[vinyl record|7"]], [[12-inch single|12"]] |
Recorded = |
Genre = [[Alternative rock|Alternative]] |
Length = 4 [[minute|min]] 29 [[second|s]] |
Label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] |
Producer = |
Chart position = <ul><li>#13 <small>([[UK Singles Chart|UK]])</small></li>
</ul> |
Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki>
*''Drowned in Sound'' [[Image:4 out of 5.png]] [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2585.html link] |
Last single = "[[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]/[[Billie Jean]]"<br />(2000) |
This single = "'''F.E.A.R.'''"<br />(2001) |
Next single = "[[Whispers (single)|Whispers]]"<br />(2002) |}}
"'''F.E.A.R.'''" is the first single from [[Ian Brown]]'s third solo album, ''[[Music of the Spheres (Ian Brown album)|Music of the Spheres]]''. Released on [[September 17]], [[2001]], it placed #13 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and was both a commercial and critical success. In late [[2002]], it won a [[Muso Award]] for best single, as voted by his peers in the [[United Kingdom|British]] music industry.
==Influences==
The song incorporates a creative lyric scheme where each [[Verse (popular music)|verse]] forms the [[acrostic]] "F.E.A.R." (For example, ''"'''F'''or '''e'''ach '''a''' '''r'''oad"'' and ''"'''F'''allen '''e'''mpires '''a'''re '''r'''uling"''). In an interview with ''Clash'' magazine, Brown indicated that a main influence for "F.E.A.R." was ''[[The Autobiography of Malcolm X]]'', which preached the study of [[etymology]], so that one could have "control over people through the use of language." Brown proceeded to create hundreds of acronyms from the word "fear".
Brown revisited the concept in the title of the ''[[Solarized]]'' track, "[[Time Is My Everything]]", which is often abbreviated by with the acronym "T.I.M.E." on concert setlists.
Remixed and instrumental versions of "F.E.A.R." also appeared in the remix album, ''[[Remixes of the Spheres]]''. A 30 second clip of the instrumental version appears at the end of the 12" version of ''Music of the Spheres''; this is a tribute to [[Marvin Gaye]]'s ''[[What's Going On]]'' which also featured a clip of the [[What's Going On (song)|lead track]] at the end of the album.
==Track listing==
===CD single===
#"F.E.A.R." (album version)
#"F.E.A.R." (with Dann){{ref|1}}
#"Hear No See No Speak No"
#"F.E.A.R." (CD-ROM video)
===7" single===
#"F.E.A.R."
#"F.E.
===12" single===
# F.E.A.R. ([[UNKLE]] remix)
==Release details==
{| class="wikitable"
! align=center | Country
! align=center | Date
! align=center | Label
! align=center | Format
! align=center | Catalog
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[September 17]], [[2001]]
| [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| [[compact disc|CD]]
| 587 284-2
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[September 17]], [[2001]]
| [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| [[vinyl record|7"]]
| 587 284-7
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[2001]]
| [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| [[compact disc|CD]] 5"
| IBPRO102{{ref|2}}
|-
| [[Netherlands]]
| [[2004]]
| [[white label]]
| [[12-inch single|12"]]
|
|}
==Music video==
The [[music video]] for "F.E.A.R." marked Brown's [[film director|directorial]] debut. It featured footage of the singer slowly riding a bicycle through the busy streets of [[Soho]] and [[Chinatown, London|Chinatown]] in [[London]], which was then reversed to give the impression of being ridden backwards. The route followed was from Berwick Street to Gerrard Street.
==Notes==
*{{note|1}} Dann is short for [[Dan Liebermann]].
*{{note|2}} Promotional copy with only one song, "F.E.A.R.".
==References==
* {{cite web | title=Discogs | work= | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ian+Brown | accessdate=2006-04-17}}
==External links==
*[http://www.pdmcauley.co.uk/FEAR.htm "F.E.A.R." song analysis]
[[Category:2001 singles]]
[[Category:Ian Brown songs]]