Matilda (alt-J song)

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"Matilda"
Single by alt-J
from the album An Awesome Wave
B-side "Fitzpleasure"
Released 10 January 2012
Format Digital download, 7" vinyl, 10" vinyl
Genre Indie folk, progressive folk, art rock
Length 3:48
Label Infectious
Writer(s) alt-J
Producer(s) Charlie Andrew
alt-J singles chronology
"Bloodflood"
(2011)
"Matilda"
(2012)
"Breezeblocks"
(2012)

"Matilda" is a song by British rock band alt-J from their debut studio album An Awesome Wave, released on January 10, 2012 as a digital download. It was released as a split single with "Fitzpleasure" in February 24 as a digital download and on 10" triangle shaped vinyl. It was written by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwilym Sainsbury and Thom Green and produced by Charlie Andrew. The song is a tribute to Natalie Portman's character "Mathilda" from the 1994 film Léon: The Professional. The band would later release the song "Leon", a tribute to the main character of the film.

Track listing

Digital download[1]
  1. Matilda - 3:48
10" single[2]
  1. Matilda - 3:48
  2. Fitzpleasure - 3:39
7" single[3]
  1. Matilda - 3:48
  2. Matilda (Johnson Somerset Radio Mix)
Digital iTunes EP[4]
  1. Matilda - 3:48
  2. Fitzpleasure - 3:39
  3. Matilda (Remix) - 3:49
  4. Fitzpleasure (bretonLABS Ghost Remix) - 4:23

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop)[5] 109
France Singles[6] 6
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7] 95
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)[8] 7

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 10 January 2012 Digital Single Infectious
24 February 2012 Digital EP, 10" vinyl
10 December 2012 7" vinyl

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