“Pelican” by The Maccabees

The Maccabees opened the account for Given to the Wild, their third album, with "Pelican", released in the UK on 30 December 2011 as a first taste of the 2012 record. The writing credit is shared by Orlando Weeks, Felix White, Hugo White, Rupert Jarvis and Sam Doyle, and the band produced it with Tim Goldsworthy and Bruno Ellingham, with Jag Jago engineering and Cenzo Townshend on the mix.

Zane Lowe gave it its first spin on BBC Radio 1 in November 2011, and Fearne Cotton made it her Record of the Week. It entered the UK Singles Chart at 87 and climbed to 75 the next week, then found second lives on the Forza Horizon racing game soundtrack and in a Top Gear preview montage. David Wilson's video sets objects and children's faces against black, splitting them in half as they rush toward the camera.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.