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. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2009 as the third single from the band's debut studio album, '' Man Alive'' (2010).

Background and composition

The song began as what Jonathan Higgs has described as "an old demo I made in a sort of R&B pastiche style". The band released this demo, under the title "Airstrike On Your Forehead", on their official

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page, explaining how the song had been altered and stripped down since the demo version. "My Kz, Ur Bf" is characterised by its usage of numerous

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s, complex syncopated rhythms, fast-paced vocals, and rich backing vocals. In a self-released video on the band's

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channel, Higgs describes the song's exploration of "two different types of America", referring to the stark contrast between the "superficial sitcom world" and "killing people in foreign lands". The song imagines a superimposition of the two environments, and how insignificant one would seem in the presence of the other. The band filmed the video for the original 2009 version inside

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Track listing

Charts

For the chart week dated 4 September 2010, "My Kz, Ur Bf" debuted as number 121 on the

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—marking the band's second appearance on the chart; following " Schoolin'" (number 152, 2010).

Release history

References

{{authority control 2008 songs 2009 singles Everything Everything songs Songs written by Jonathan Higgs Geffen Records singles Satirical songs