"Matilda" | ||||
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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 | ||||
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"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 Matilda Davies, a friend of the band, who was an Art teacher at a grammar school in Kings Heath, Birmingham, who later moved to United Arab Emirates. The band would later release the song "Leon", a tribute to the main character of the film.