"Rise of the Eagles" | ||||
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Single by The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster | ||||
from the album The Royal Society | ||||
B-side | "Party Pooper, We Don't Rock, I Could Be an Angle (demo)" | |||
Released | 4 January 2005 | |||
Format | CD Promo, CD Single, Double Gold Vinyl | |||
Genre | Psychobilly, rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock, psychosis rock | |||
Label | No Death, Island Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Guy McKnight, Sym Gharial, Tom Diamantopoulo, Marc R. Norris, Andy Huxley | |||
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster singles chronology | ||||
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"Rise of the Eagles" was the third single from British psychobilly band The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster's second album, The Royal Society. Despite it being the third single, it was the only single released in time for the album, the previous two were released months before. In 2015 The Prodigy did a cover of the song as a bonus track on their album The Day Is My Enemy.
The video mocks an American president's personal life with lead singer, Guy McKnight, seen in a president's suit with women lusting after him.