Paper Planes, by M.I.A. (CD single on XL)

A Norman Records recommendation (10th October 2008)

Description:	CDs on XL inc Diplo remix	UK ORDERS OVER £50 SHIP FREE!
Format:	CD single
Label:	XL
Price:	£1.99
Catalogue number:	XLS396CD
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Rating: ecstatic This record left our Brett feeling ecstatic.

MIA's 'Paper Planes' always had MASSIVE HIT written all over it and thanks to being used on the Pineapple Express advert and some other thingy it's finally getting her the recognition she deserves, the video's had 20m views on Youtube or something absolutely ridiculous and there's some remix thing doing the rounds with Jay-Z on it after he sampled it on one of his tunes.. If you've not heard it yet it samples The Clash's 'Straight to Hell' for the synth riff and tells a story of street hustlin' and all that fly shit, with a classic chorus of bangy bang gunshots and a cash register (from Are You Being Served perhaps?) Basically it's an absolutely massive tune and probably the best track I heard all last year so hopefully it'll rule the world this time around, aided by the DFA and Diplo remixes.. BUY THIS OR DIE ALONE!

What the label says:

‘Paper Planes’ is taken from M.I.A.’s brilliant second album ‘Kala’, which was released in the UK in August 2007 and was a huge hit with fans and critics alike. This reaction was mirrored in the US where the album received similar across the board critical acclaim (becoming both Rolling Stone and Blender’s Album Of 2007), and ‘Paper Planes’ grew as a huge underground track on both sides of the Atlantic.
Reaching a tipping point with its use in the trailer to the new Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg film ‘Pineapple Express’, ‘Paper Planes’ has become one of the biggest anthems of 2008. The M.I.A. / Diplo co-produced track has now sold over a million downloads in the US, spending weeks in the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 singes chart and becoming one of the most played tracks on US radio and MTV. Meanwhile, M.I.A. continues to garner the respect of the hip hop community with TI sampling ‘Paper Planes’ on his ‘Swagger Like Us’ track which features Jay Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne.

CDS
Paper Planes
Paper Planes (Diplo Street Remix ft Bun B & M.I.A.)

7”
Paper Planes
Paper Planes (DFA Remix)