Single17 January 2005Atomic number 25
Galvanize
Ground #FFFFFFInk 1 #000508Ink 2 #000A0BAccent #000A0CPlate colours (taken from the artwork)
Contrast body 21.0:1 heading 20.5:1
Pulse 104 BPM (measured)
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The video embedded on the official site1 Open on YouTube
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- BPM
- 104 BPM
- Key
- Cm (5A)
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Reviews
“as fresh and funky as Ed and Tom have sounded in an age”
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Until "Go" came back, this was their last top ten.
Released in America on 22 November 2004 and in the UK on 17 January 2005, it reached No. 3 in the UK.3 Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest sings. Najat Aatabou is among the writers, and the track is built on Moroccan chaabi.35
Adam Smith's video features krumping, a dance much talked about at the time.5 It won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording.6
Later, Scratch Perverts remixed it for the game DJ Hero 2, and in 2017 Pete Tong took it up in a classical arrangement.5
I love watching a big hit keep being used, changing shape through a game or a new arrangement. The second song with Q-Tip, "Go", reached the UK top ten in 2026, their first since "Galvanize".8
Translated from the Japanese original.
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- The Chemical Brothers, “Official site: Galvanize (video)”
- The Chemical Brothers, “Official site: Galvanize (release page)”
- Wikipedia, “Push the Button (The Chemical Brothers album)”
- Wikipedia, “The Chemical Brothers discography”
- uDiscover Music, “'Push The Button': The Chemical Brothers Keep Their Finger On The Pulse”
- dショッピング（発売・販売元提供資料）, “The Chemical Brothers / Push The Button”
- NME, “NME: Galvanize review”
- Wikipedia, “Go (The Chemical Brothers song)”