"Skeletons" is the third single from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' third album ''

It's Blitz! ''It's Blitz!'' is the third studio album by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released on March 6, 2009, by Interscope Records. It was originally set for release on April 13, 2009. However, after being leaked to the Internet on Februar ...

''. The 7" edition of the single, limited to 500 copies, was released on March 1, 2010. The single was also released on January 31, 2010, in the

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.Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Skeletons
at iTunes Store UK Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men covered the song in 2013.

Cover artwork

The photograph on the 7" vinyl sleeve was created by the band's guitarist

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, who is a professional photographer. The artwork features a barn in rural

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during a snowstorm, and is a reference to the location where the song was written.

Track list

Record Store Day Release

A limited edition 7" 33 RPM vinyl copy of "Skeletons" was released for

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in 2010. The record contained the single, as well as, a

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of the song being played live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn New York. The live version of the song was mixed and engineered by Harley Zinker and Tom Carlisle at Fireplace Studios in New York.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skeletons (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Song) 2010 singles Yeah Yeah Yeahs songs American new wave songs Song recordings produced by Nick Launay Songs written by Karen O Songs written by Brian Chase 2009 songs Interscope Records singles Songs written by Nick Zinner