Helicopter
~ Recording by Bloc Party
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Helicopter | 3:42 | Bloc Party | Helicopter | Bloc Party | Single |
| Wichita | WEBB0705CD |
| 1.1 | Helicopter | 3:42 | Bloc Party | Helicopter | Bloc Party | Single |
| Wichita | WEBB 070SCD |
| 1.4 | Helicopter | 3:42 | Bloc Party | Little Thoughts EP | Bloc Party | EP |
| V2 Records Japan | V2CP-198 |
| 1.17 | Helicopter | 3:41 | Bloc Party | The Bands 05 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 64852 2 9, VTDCD 639 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| V2 Records Japan | V2CP-205 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| Wichita | WEBB075CD |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| Wichita | WEBB075CDL |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| Wichita | WEBB075CD |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| V2 (imprint of V2 Music Ltd. and its international subsidiaries) | VVR1030562 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| VICE Records (Brooklyn, NY-based record label of VICE Media) | VICE CD 93815 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| VICE Records (Brooklyn, NY-based record label of VICE Media) | CD 93815 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm (explicit lyrics/iTunes/Deezer/Spotify) | Bloc Party | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), VICE Music, Inc., VICE Records (Brooklyn, NY-based record label of VICE Media) | |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| VICE Records (Brooklyn, NY-based record label of VICE Media) | VICE 93815-2 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:41 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album | Festival Mushroom Records (label has FMR with a little speaker on top), V2 (imprint of V2 Music Ltd. and its international subsidiaries), Wichita | VVR1030562 | |
| 1.3 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| Dim Mak Records | DM 080 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| V2 Records Japan | V2CP-213 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm (Australian tour edition) | Bloc Party | Album |
| Festival Mushroom Records (label has FMR with a little speaker on top), V2 Records, Wichita | VVR1030568 |
| 1.10 | Helicopter | 3:43 | Bloc Party | Future's Burning | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| V2 (imprint of V2 Music Ltd. and its international subsidiaries) | VVR1031022 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:41 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| Wichita | |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| Wichita | WEBB075CDB |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | ?:?? | Bloc Party | Grandma’s Boy: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Sony Music Soundtrax | 8-2876-76878-2 |
| 1.8 | Helicopter | 3:41 | Bloc Party | Przekrój Muzyki: nOwy rOck | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Poland | 344591 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| Wichita | WEBB075CD |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album | Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases) | ||
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| V2 (imprint of V2 Music Ltd. and its international subsidiaries) | VVR1030568 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | |
| 1.4 | Helicopter | 3:39 | Bloc Party | Grandma’s Boy | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| DAS Label, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Sony Music Soundtrax | 8-2876-76878-2 |
| 1.4 | Helicopter | 3:39 | Bloc Party | Grandma’s Boy‐Music from the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Sony Music Soundtrax | |
| 1.4 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Helicopter | Bloc Party | Single |
| Dim Mak Records | DM095 |
| 2.3 | Helicopter | 3:41 | Bloc Party | Hörsturz, Vol. 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hörsturz Records | HOER001 |
| 2.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Alle 40 goed – Gitaarhelden | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 50999 0941152 4 |
| 1.22 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Alle 40 goed: Gitaarhelden | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone Belgium | |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:42 | Bloc Party | 100 Hits: Rock Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMG 100 078 |
| 4.8 | Helicopter | 3:39 | Bloc Party | Rock Anthems: The Ultimate Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Production, Universal UMC | ULTIMBX032 |
| 1.16 | Helicopter (Campaign 2) | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Psyched: The Soundtrack to Your Surfing Life | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988) | FEST601036 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album | Wichita | ||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.6 | Helicopter | 3:41 | Bloc Party | NME: The Cool List | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| New Musical Express | NME CD 04-6 |
| 1.1 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Rule Britannia! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Q (magazine) | QMAGMAR 05 |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:42 | Bloc Party | FCD (FreeCompactDisc) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Guardian (UK newspaper) | [none] |
| 1.8 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Rock Sound: Music With Attitude, Volume 70 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rock Sound | RSUKCD70 |
| 1.6 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Make Poverty History | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Sun (UK daily tabloid newspaper) | SUNCD01 |
| 1.11 | Helicopter | 3:41 | Bloc Party | Promo Only: Modern Rock Radio, October 2005 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| 1.2 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album |
| VICE Records (Brooklyn, NY-based record label of VICE Media) | 2A-93815 |
| 1.1 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Vice CD: Presented by Fenchurch #5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Vice (UK techno) | Volume 3 Number 1 |
| 1.11 | Helicopter | 3:43 | Bloc Party | Festivals | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | BX052 |
| 1.9 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | K-ROCK2 What's Next: Volume One | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 2.12 | Helicopter | 3:39 | Bloc Party | Burnout: Revenge | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.13 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Alternative Times, Volume 65 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | |
| 1.5 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Colin McRae: DiRT 2: Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | |
| 1.5 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Colin McRae: DiRT 2: Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | [none] |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.10 | Helicopter | 3:39 | Bloc Party | Air & Style, Volume 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.7 | Helicopter | 3:40 | Bloc Party | Indie Pop Rock 2005 – Best News Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| recording engineer: | Eliot James (British producer) (from 2004-06 until 2004-07) |
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| programming: | Eliot James (British producer) |
| assistant engineer: | Joe Hirst |
| additional producer: | Eliot James (British producer) |
| producer: | Bloc Party (English indie rock band) Paul Epworth |
| mixer: | Rich Costey |
| lead vocals: | Kele Okereke |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Bloc Party (English indie rock band) (in 2004) |
| recorded at: | Deltalab Studios in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 2004-06 until 2004-07) Miloco in Hoxton, Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2004-06 until 2004-07) |
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| mixed at: | Avatar Studios (fka Power Station, Avatar Studios) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States |
| has remixes: | Helicopter (Weird Science remix) by Bloc Party (English indie rock band) feat. Peaches (Merrill Nisker, Canada-born electronic artist) |
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| mash-ups: | Groovecopter (Bloc Party vs. Madonna) by DJ Schmolli stupid reptile by Triple‐Q |
| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/72aCha2Meq7txnk451hz7k [info] |
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| recording of: | Helicopter |
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Related works
Helicopter
| writer: | Russell Lissack Gordon Moakes Kele Okereke Matt Tong |
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| publisher: | EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) |
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