"Walkabout" is a song by

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featuring

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. It appears as the third track on his second studio effort ''

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''. Although never released as a single, it is often seen as the lead single as it was the first song officially released from the album. Upon initial release,

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included it in their best new tracks section and rated it as 34th best song of the year. The track utilizes an extensive sample of "What Am I Going to Do" by

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Background

The song came about when Atlas Sound began to tour as the opener for

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in Europe. Bradford states:

Live rendition

Although the song is mainly constructed from samples, when performing live Cox will rarely use a sampler to recreate it, as he has not since mid-2009. When he toured in late 2009, the song was played with opening band for that tour

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. Since early 2010, Cox will simply play the song with an acoustic guitar featuring large improvised sections and occasionally a drum machine.

References

{{Panda Bear 2009 songs