"Dilly" is the fourth single taken from

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' third album ''

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''. The song peaked #93 on the

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History

Guitarist

Tyler Ramsey Tyler Ramsey is an American singer-songwriter from Asheville, North Carolina, who is best known as the former lead guitarist for the band Band of Horses. Career Ramsey's eponymous debut album was released in 2005. His second album, ''A Long Dre ...

came up with the song while staying in a cabin in

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. He originally recorded it while playing the ukulele and a "little tiny keyboard". The demo recording was sent to Ben Bridwell who liked it and added his contribution to the song. There was an unusual tuning between the keyboard and ukulele that allowed Ramsey to come up with the song's melody. On November 16, 2010, Band of Horses released a video for "Dilly". Previous videos for songs from ''Infinite Arms'' had been collections of still photographs by the band's longtime collaborator Christoper Wilson, merged to make movies. The "Dilly" video was filmed in the

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by director

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and was exclusively premiered on the movie website ''

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''. The video features the exploits of a trouble-making motorcycle gang and includes surreal sequences of the gang dancing in formation, as well as them killing people by shooting them with nothing more than a pointed finger. The collaboration with ''IMDb'' represented the first occasion that the website has premiered a music video.

Reception

''Addict Music'' criticized the song for being "corny" in comparison to other songs from ''Infinite Arms''. ''Chron'' recognized the band's focus on the track's vocal arrangements, while ''

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'' recognized the influence of "1970s soft-rock folkies America." ''

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'' singled "Dilly" out as the best song from ''Infinite Arms'' and correctly predicted that it would be a future single.Doherty, Charli
"Music Review: Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms"
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'' - April 16, 2011

Personnel

*Ben Bridwell - vocals, guitars, drums, sounds, memotron *Creighton Barret - drums, thunderdrum, percussion *Ryan Monroe - keyboards, vocals, percussion, guitar *Bill Reynolds - bass, tambourine, guitar, percussion, sounds *Tyler Ramsey - guitar, vocals, percussion, keyboards, piano, theremin

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dilly 2010 songs 2011 singles Band of Horses songs Music videos directed by Philip Andelman Songs written by Ben Bridwell Songs written by Tyler Ramsey