Audacity of Huge

"Audacity of Huge" is a song by English electronic music duo Simian Mobile Disco, released in 2009 as the first single from their second studio album Temporary Pleasure. It features vocals by Chris Keating of Yeasayer.[1] The music video was directed by Aries Moross.[2]

The Guardian has described the song as the "lament (of) an uber-materialist".[3] Its title is an allusion to Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope.[4]

Reception

At Pitchfork, Marc Hogan called it "a limber, name-dropping, ear-catching body-mover, sleek and uncluttered and populist".[5] Consequence of Sound stated that the lyrics were "hopelessly catchy non sequiturs",[6] while NME felt that they were the only thing that made the song "listenable" (instead of "as annoying as stubbing your toe").[7] The Quietus praised it as "amusingly bizarre" and "a pitch-perfect satire of the bling-bejewelled breast-beating so prevalent on 808s and Heartbreaks".[8]

Charts

Chart performance for "Audacity of Huge"
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 81
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[10] 6
UK Singles (OCC)[11] 60

References

  1. ^ "Audacity of Huge", at Pitchfork; published May 22, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  2. ^ Simian Mobile Disco give us Temporary Pleasure, at Resident Advisor; published May 8, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  3. ^ Simian Mobile Disco: Temporary Pleasure, reviewed by Killian Fox, at the Guardian; published August 16, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  4. ^ Simian Mobile Disco – "Audacity Of Huge" Video, by Montrey Whitaker; at Earmilk; published June 20, 2009; retrieved March 22, 2018
  5. ^ Simian Mobile Disco: "Audacity of Huge", reviewed by Marc Hogan, at Pitchfork; published June 10, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  6. ^ Check Out: Simian Mobile Disco teases again with “Audacity of Huge”, by Allison Franks, at Consequence of Sound; published May 28, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  7. ^ Album review: Simian Mobile Disco – Temporary Pleasure, at NME; published August 11, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  8. ^ Simian Mobile Disco: Temporary Pleasure, reviewed by Iain Moffat, at the Quietus; published August 12, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
  9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 252.
  10. ^ "Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2022.


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