“Fireworks” by Animal Collective

"Fireworks" was the second single from Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective's 2007 album, and when Domino issued it that November it came with no B-side at all, just an etching cut into the flip. The band had played it on their 2005 and 2006 tours under the name "Allman Vibe", and once it was finished they kept prying it open onstage: between 2007 and 2009 it often ran past ten minutes, soaking up pieces of "Essplode" or "Lablakely Dress" from the earlier Danse Manatee.

The whole band shares the writing credit, and Scott Colburn recorded it. The video just watches the members watching fireworks. It turned up in Skins in 2007 and HBO's In Treatment in 2010, and Pitchfork later ranked it 35th among the 500 best songs of the 2000s.

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