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"Paper Planes" is a downtempo alternative hip hop and electro hop song with a duration of three minutes and 24 seconds. [18] [19] [20] The song takes a musical approach which incorporates elements of hip hop and African folk music. [21] "Paper Planes" follows what M.I.A. characterised as the "nu world" music style of Kala. [22]
The latter's single, "Paper Planes", (co-produced by at-the-time partner Diplo) peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and received a nomination for Record of the Year at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. Her third album, Maya (2010), was preceded by the single "Born Free" and an accompanying controversial music video/short film.
The Ghetto Blaster EP is the first EP from the rap rock supergroup Street Sweeper Social Club, released on August 10, 2010.It features covers of "Paper Planes" by M.I.A. and "Mama Said Knock You Out" by LL Cool J as well as a remix of the band's second single "Promenade."
"Paper Plane" is a rock song originally by Status Quo. It was released as a single on 10 November 1972, reaching number 8 in the UK Singles Chart, [2] and appeared on their album, Piledriver. [3] The song was written by Francis Rossi and Bob Young. [3] The song was reprised, in 2014, for the band's thirty-first studio album Aquostic (Stripped ...
Stacker compiled a list of 20 iconic rock songs written on the spot, consulting historical records, music charts, and magazine interviews.
[11] [12] Since "Paper Planes" itself samples the 1982 song "Straight to Hell" by British rock group The Clash, each of the writers of both songs are credited as writing "Swagga like Us". [8] West added a "sumo–heavy bass " and drum line similar to that of a marching band to the vocal sample: [ 12 ] the sounds combine to form a "noisy ...
A red-band trailer for the film, featuring the song "Paper Planes" by M.I.A., [8] leaked in February 2008. [9] Sony Pictures had the video removed from YouTube within a few days of its posting. [10] Patrick Goldstein's Summer Movie Posse of the Los Angeles Times described its incorporation as "the most impressive use of M.I.A.'s 'Paper Planes ...
Sadly, Holly’s career ended too soon when he died in a plane crash, along with Richie Valens and the Big Popper, February 3, 1959, considered “the day the music died.” Holly’s influence ...