Afterlife (Arcade Fire song)
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4:12 (radio edit)
| "Afterlife" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Arcade Fire | ||||
| from the album Reflektor | ||||
| Released | September 28, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | Sonovox Studios, Montreal | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 5:52 (album version) 4:12 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
| Songwriter(s) | William Butler, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara, Tim Kingsbury, Richard Reed Parry | |||
| Producer(s) | James Murphy, Markus Dravs, Arcade Fire | |||
| Arcade Fire singles chronology | ||||
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"Afterlife" is a song by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. It was released on September 28, 2013, as a single from the band's fourth studio album, Reflektor. The song was debuted on Saturday Night Live.[2]
The music video for the song was released on November 21, 2013.[3][4] The short film, directed by Emily Kai Bock and shot with a mix of 35mm and 65mm film, depicts a Latino family in Los Angeles, California, dreaming of their missing mother.
The video won the 2014 Prism Prize.[5]
The band also performed a live video, streamed on YouTube at the YouTube Music Awards in November 2013. It was directed by Spike Jonze.[6]
An official live performance video was also released in April 2014 on the band's YouTube channel.[7]
Scenes from the 1959 film Black Orpheus were used in the official lyric videos.
