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Single by Steriogram walkie talkie headsets

from the album Schmack!

Released

2004

Format

CD Single

Genre

Punk rock, Rapcore

Producer

David Kahne

Steriogram singles chronology

White Trash

"Walkie Talkie Man"

(2004)

Roadtrip

"Walkie Talkie Man" is a single by the New Zealand band Steriogram, released in 2004.

The song has been since released as a single, and is widely recognized as the song that brought Steriogram the majority of their popularity. Its simple, catchy riff and fast-talking verses contribute to the song's popularity, and it has attracted even more attention since being used as the background music to an advert by Apple for their product, the iPod.

The riff is almost an exact replica of the one used in "Picture Book" by The Kinks, and some of riffs are notably similar to those of "Pretend Best Friend" by Terrorvision.

Exactly 1:59 into the song, lead guitarist Brad Carter coughs.

Video

The video for Walkie-Talkie Man was directed by Michel Gondry, and features scenes of children working as studio staff and knitting instruments and equipment, and the band is terrorized by an enormous giant hand made of wool which, at a certain point, grabs singer Tyson Kennedy and tears him in half, showing that his insides are also made of wool. The children save him by unraveling the threads that compose the giant and, later, sewing his lower body back in place - but it is sewn backwards and, as such, Kennedy ends the video with his legs turned back to the camera, unlike his upper body. It is to be noticed that Brad Carter's woollen guitar bears the words "New Zealand". The video is available on the DVD compilation Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1)

In other media

In 2004, the song was featured in Pump it Up: Exceed for Xbox and PlayStation 2 as well as in EA Sports' MVP Baseball 2004 and MLB 2005.

It was promoted exceedingly by being used in the 2008 *Export Gold commercial.

A cover version of the song by Jason Paige is also featured in the Nintendo DS video game Elite Beat Agents

The single also appeared in five movies:

Agent Cody Banks 2

Kicking & Screaming

Robots

Man of the House

Arthur and the Invisibles

The song also appeared in the third episode of the season 4 of the TV show Alias, lightly accelerated.

The song also appeared in "SingStar Pop Vol. 2."

In 2009, a parody titled "Agents" was composed by Josh Jones for the Mega64 Elite Beat Agents skit due to licensing issues.

The song is also used an advertisement for beer in New Zealand.

Track listing

"Walkie Talkie Man" (2:13)

"Big Lady Lovin'"

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