Infra-Red (Placebo song)

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"Infra-Red"

Single by Placebo

from the album Meds

Released

19 June 2006^[1]

Length

3:17

Placebo singles chronology

"Song to Say Goodbye"
(2006)

"Infra-Red"
(2006)

"Meds"
(2006)

"Infra-Red" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo, released on 19 June 2006 as the third single from their fifth studio album Meds.

Release

The song peaked at number 42 in the UK,^[2] number 35 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart^{[citation needed]} and number 91 in Germany.^{[citation needed]} It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. A live version of the song is available on the Live at La Cigale EP.

Music video

The music video features businessmen apparently conspiring against the public. They observe a computer disk containing a graphic of a DNA molecule with a hazardous ligand. Meanwhile, a group of ants interfere with their computer equipment. A character, identified as a corporate executive president, gives a press conference with the help of a computerized prompter, but the ants' interference causes the prompter to say "I lied to you. We are the enemy", which the president reads.^[3]

Track listings

7-inch

"Infra-Red"
"Infra-Red" (Call the Ambulance Remix)

"Infra-Red"
"Infra-Red" (Hotel Persona Remix)

Maxi CD

"Infra-Red"
"Infra-Red" (The Waltmann Remix)
"Song to Say Goodbye" (River & Tears Remix)

DVD single

"Infra-Red" (video)
"Song to Say Goodbye" (extended video)
Behind the scenes footage and interviews from the "Infra-Red" video shoot
"Song to Say Goodbye" (River & Tears Remix)

Charts

Chart performance for "Infra-Red"
Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	52
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)^[5]	7
Germany (GfK)^[6]	75
Italy (FIMI)^[7]	40
Scotland (OCC)^[8]	26
UK Singles (OCC)^[9]	42
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[10]	35

References

^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 17 June 2006. p. 33.
^ "Placebo | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ Placebo - Infra-Red HD (Official) on YouTube
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 219.
^ "Placebo – Infra-Red" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Placebo – Infra-Red" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Placebo – Infra-Red". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Placebo Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

External links

"Infra-Red" at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Placebo
Brian Molko Stefan Olsdal Robert Schultzberg Steve Hewitt Steve Forrest
Studio albums	Placebo Without You I'm Nothing Black Market Music Sleeping with Ghosts Meds Battle for the Sun Loud Like Love Never Let Me Go
EPs	Extended Play '07 B3 Life's What You Make It
Compilation albums	Covers Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004 A Place for Us to Dream
Live albums	Live at Angkor Wat MTV Unplugged
Video albums	Soulmates Never Die: Live in Paris 2003 Once More with Feeling: Videos 1996–2004 We Come in Pieces MTV Unplugged
Singles	"Bruise Pristine" "Come Home" "36 Degrees" "Teenage Angst" "Nancy Boy" "Pure Morning" "You Don't Care About Us" "Every You Every Me" "Without You I'm Nothing" "Taste in Men" "Slave to the Wage" "Special K" "Black-Eyed" "The Bitter End" "This Picture" "Special Needs" "English Summer Rain" "Protège-moi" "Twenty Years" "Because I Want You" "Song to Say Goodbye" "Infra-Red" "Meds" "For What It's Worth" "Ashtray Heart" "Bright Lights" "Too Many Friends" "Loud Like Love" "Jesus' Son"
Other songs	"I Feel You" "Sleeping with Ghosts"
Related articles	Discography Fiona Brice