Flutes

Flutes is the seventh song featured on the album, In Our Heads.

Trivia

 * This was one of the first songs that Hot Chip's Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor wrote for the band's fifth album, In Our Heads. The song originated from a sample of a two-note flute melody, and Goddard told Pitchfork its main inspiration was James Holden's remix of English electronic music artist Nathan Fake's track "The Sky Was Pink."
 * The song was the first one to be released from In Our Heads. The band chose it as the first track to be made public as a left turn for listeners: "I like it when bands come back with something that's fresh and unusual, you know?," Goddard told Pitchfork. "It's a more ambitious song than other things we've done in the past. I worked on it a lot to make sure it's constantly developing in an unusual way. I'm pleased with how it turned out."
 * The beginning sounds are actually Budapest monks chanting.
 * This song featured in the expanded radio pack on GTA V.

Musician Roles

 * Guitar – Adem Ilhan
 * Marimba – Oliver Lowe (2)
 * Mixed By – Oliver Wright*
 * Percussion [Simmons Pads] – Rob Smoughton

Lyrics

 * I know it's nothing more than flutes
 * But something in my heart is loose
 * There's never been a better day


 * And if there is nothing more
 * Then nothing more will add, I say
 * There's never been a better day


 * Work that inside outside
 * Work that more
 * Work that right side left side
 * Work that more
 * Inside outside left side work the floor
 * Inside outside upside down with more
 * Work that inside outside
 * Work that more
 * Work that right side left side
 * Work that more
 * Inside outside left side work the floor
 * Inside outside upside down with more


 * I put up on a string today
 * Deciding never taught me a thing
 * A wooden box breathes the way


 * Never again
 * Never again
 * Never again
 * Never again


 * All this talk is getting me down
 * Nothing's making sense in my brain
 * I'm moving words across the terrain
 * Trying hard to fix through the page
 * I'm wedded to the thought that we came
 * Only to discover our names
 * And blow a horn of love in refrain


 * And watch things drop down
 * And watch things drop down
 * And watch things drop down
 * And watch things drop down


 * (Work that inside outside
 * Work that more
 * Work that right side left side
 * Work that more
 * Inside outside left side work the floor
 * Inside outside up top down with more
 * Work that inside outside
 * Work that more
 * Work that right side left side
 * Work that more
 * Inside outside left side work the floor
 * Inside outside up top down with more)


 * All this talk is getting me down
 * Nothing's making sense in my brain
 * I'm moving words in coarse of today
 * Trying hard to fix through the page
 * I'm wedded to the thought that we came
 * Only to discover our names
 * And blow a horn of love in refrain


 * And watch things drop down
 * And watch things drop down
 * And watch things drop down
 * And watch things drop down


 * One day you might realize
 * That you might need to open your eyes
 * One day you might realize
 * That you might need to open your eyes


 * Work that inside outside
 * Work that more
 * Work that right side left side (Open your eyes)
 * Work that more
 * Inside outside left side work the floor
 * Inside outside up top down with more (Open your eyes)
 * Work that inside outside
 * Work that more
 * Work that right side left side (Open your eyes)
 * Work that more
 * Inside outside left side work the floor
 * Inside outside up top down with more


 * One day you might realize
 * That you might need to open your eyes
 * One day you might realize
 * That you might need to open your eyes