"Dirty Paws" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic band
Of Monsters and Men for their debut studio album, ''
My Head Is an Animal
''My Head Is an Animal'' is the debut studio album by the Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men, released through Record Records in Iceland on 20 September 2011. After their success, topping the Icelandic charts with their debut single, ...
''. It is the opening track and the title of the album comes from a line in the song, and was released as its second single in April 2012 in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe.
It was featured in the trailer and soundtrack to ''
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in ''The New Yorker'' on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book '' My World and Welcome to It'' ( Ha ...
''.
Lyric video
A lyric video to the song was released in 2014. The video features a large two-legged creature carrying a flag through an Icelandic mountainscape, with squadrons of
phoenix
Phoenix most often refers to:
* Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore
* Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States
Phoenix may also refer to:
Mythology
Greek mythological figures
* Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...
-like birds flying in the sky. It fits with the lyrics of the song, "The sky wasn't big enough for them all" and "The birds, they got help from below."
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
2012 singles
Of Monsters and Men songs
Universal Music Group singles
2012 songs
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