Poor Leno
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| Single by Röyksopp | ||||
| from the album Melody A.M. | ||||
| Released | 3 December 2001 | |||
| Format | CD, 12" | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Electronica, progressive house | |||
| Length | 4:01 | |||
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Wall of Sound Astralwerks |
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"Poor Leno" is the third single released by the Norwegian duo Röyksopp. It was released in December 2001 as the second single from Röyksopp's debut album Melody A.M.. The vocals are sung by Erlend Øye.
It is used in the video game SSX 3 as well as in The Drop, a short film displayed on the canopy at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The single was released in 2001 and re-released in 2002. In the UK the single reached #38 on the UK Singles Chart. This was the second single released from Röyksopp's debut album Melody A.M..
Directed by Sam Arthur, the music video revolves around a creature resembling a small man or boy in a bear suit, and displays a story of being tracked and captured from its natural habitat, to end up being caged in a zoo, longing for escape. The video, mainly being animated, also features a few clips of live recordings with overlapping animations. Additionally, footage of snowy mountains were sampled from the film adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches. Because the lyrics say ' being 9 years old ', the bear in the clip can be a dressed up boy or a small man.
Several versions and remixes of "Poor Leno" were released:
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