"Snakeskin" is a song by

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band

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, from the album ''

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''. It was released as the first single from the album on 27 October 2007, which peaked at No. 30 on the

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. "Snakeskin" was listed at No. 16 in national radio Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2007. The CD version of the EP contained two previously unreleased B-sides while the digital release from

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included a third unreleased B-side.

"Spending some time in hibernation whilst writing this album has made for some great progressions… 'Snakeskin' is a great representation of our head space and expresses a lot of the emotions and directions we have taken in the creation of our 3rd record. Like a snake shedding its well worn skin, these are the days of our lives." Daniel Sanders

The "Snakeskin" video was shot in

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, near

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, south of London. The video has the band playing in the middle of a 200-metre

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that was made specifically for the shoot. It is the same farm where the Led Zeppelin crop circle was made that features on the cover of the group's ''

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'' compilation album. "Snakeskin" was featured in all

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promotions for the 2008

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season. The song also won two WAMi Awards for 'Best Single' and 'Best Video'.

Track listing

All songs were written by Daniel Sanders, Rob Nassif, Brad Campbell, Zoran Trivic. # "Snakeskin" – 4:13 # "Going up in Smoke" – 4:18 # "The Last Song" – 3:34 # "My Story" (

bonus track)

External links

Gyroscope web site

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snakeskin (Song) 2007 singles Gyroscope (band) songs Song recordings produced by Dave Eringa 2007 songs