“Subways” by The Avalanches

"Subways" was the third single from Wildflower, the Avalanches' second album, released on 22 June 2016, and it's a disco-funk track built, like the rest of that record, mostly from samples. The lead vocal comes from a 1980 song also called "Subways" by Chandra Oppenheim, who was 12 when it came out and had never heard of the group until they asked to use it. It also borrows from "Warm Ride", the Bee Gees song as sung by Graham Bonnet, and from Patrick Simmons' "Black Water".

Robbie Chater produced and mixed it, with Tony Espie also mixing and Antony Di Blasi adding production. It premiered on 3 June 2016 at Primavera Sound in Barcelona. The plan was a full band on stage, the Avalanches' first since 2007, but visa trouble forced a last-minute switch to a DJ set.

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