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The song was immediately prohibited from being played on RTÉ stations [1] or was severely restricted, [2] sources vary. Despite that, the song sold 12,000 single records in the first week of release, taking it to the number one position in the Irish Singles Chart on 22 November 1973, and held that position for four weeks, [1] until it was replaced by Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody.
The song is composed in the key of F minor, with 155 beats per minute, and a running time of 3:45 minutes. [16] “Helicopter” is a trap pop EDM Powerhouse song with an addictive hook that is completely in English. The song plays on the themes of curiosity and adventure by telling listeners to “fly even higher than before” on a ...
"Helicopter" is an indie rock [2] [3] and garage rock [4] song, written by all band members prior to their debut studio album, Silent Alarm. Composed in B minor, it was written in common time and has a quick tempo of 171 beats per minute. [5] The main riff was adapted from "Set The House Ablaze", a song by The Jam featured on the 1980 album ...
"Helicopter" is a track by Dutch DJ and record producer Martin Garrix and Dutch music producing duo Firebeatz. It was released as a digital download on 17 February 2014 on Beatport and on 10 March 2014 on iTunes. The track has charted in Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The track was produced by Martin Garrix and Firebeatz.
The song is approximately one minute, 46 seconds in length, beginning with 24 seconds of a helicopter sound effect, followed by the schoolmaster shouting, "You! Yes, you! Stand still, laddie!" performed by Roger Waters. Waters's lead vocal is treated with a reverse echo. The song features an electric guitar with an added delay effect and an ...
The song was originally inspired by Petey Pablo's hip-hop song "Raise Up", and the part of the song included Pablo telling his native peers "take your shirt off, twist it 'round yo' head, spin it like a helicopter," and the same words were used on T-Pain's version (with the addition of the word motherfucker, although it is slightly muted).
The word "chopper" refers to the unique sound helicopter blades produce while helicopters are in flight as an analogy to fast-paced rap. Twista's lyrics in the song allude to this: "I'm finna be usin it as energy, watch how radiant I'ma be. Like a helicopter when the words fly."
Scorsese chose the songs for Goodfellas only if they commented on the scene or the characters "in an oblique way". [1] The only rule he adhered to with the soundtrack was to only use music which could have been heard at that time, deciding that he could use any song released before the scene in which it played took place.