Song · Death From Above 1979
“Black History Month” by Death From Above 1979
From the album You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine (2004)
“Black History Month” by Death From Above 1979 appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2005. It was first released in 2004 on the album You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine. Its best result is #71 on the CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #599 alternative song of 2005.
"Black History Month" comes from Death From Above 1979's 2004 album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine, and the title carries a lot less freight than it seems to: Sebastien Grainger named it that for no deeper reason than that they wrote the thing in February. Pulled from the record as its third single, it made it to 48 on the UK singles chart.
It's dance-punk with the fat trimmed off. Grainger plays drums and sings lead, Jesse F. Keeler handles electric bass and synthesizer, the two of them share the writing, and Al Puodziukas produced and engineered it. It also landed on the soundtrack of the Xbox 360 racer Project Gotham Racing 3, and the CD single's B-side was their cover of Bloc Party's "Luno", which also appears on Bloc Party's Silent Alarm Remixed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 127 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 71 | CRNC 90.1 Niagara / Toronto, ON | CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 | 91 |
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