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| 'Big Casino' | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Jimmy Eat World | ||||
| from the album Chase This Light | ||||
| Released | August 28, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Butch Vig | |||
| Jimmy Eat World singles chronology | ||||
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'Big Casino' is a song by American rock band Jimmy Eat World from their sixth studio album Chase This Light, which was released on October 16, 2007. The single was released on August 28, 2007. The song impacted radio on September 11, 2007.[1]
History[edit]
The song title is taken from the name of a side project of Jimmy Eat World singer Jim Adkins, titled Go Big Casino.
The song premiered on Jimmy Eat World's official website, and the album Chase This Light's official new website.[2] Some time after, it was added to a revamped Jimmy Eat World MySpace. On October 16, 2007 the song was physically released as a single.
Critical reception[edit]
Slant Magazine's Jonathan Keefe said it wasn't as powerful as 'The Middle', but gave it praise for having 'a memorable guitar riff and [exploding] into a massive chorus.'[3] Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone was critical of the song's use of synths but still praised it as 'an exhilarating seize-what’s-left-of-the-day anthem.'[4] Despite giving a negative review of the album and criticizing the track's lyrical missteps, Andrew Blackie from PopMatters called it 'a decent rocker with one of the best examples of a soaring ‘emo’ chorus of the year.'[5]
Music video[edit]
The Big Casino video was shot at the Las Vegas Neon Museum Boneyard in a single day (with a return for pickups at night), featuring the band playing among the yard's old billboards and casino neon signs. While the band plays during parts of the verses Jim Adkins is seen walking around parts of the yard dragging his guitar with him. As the video progresses it switches between night and day, with many of the billboards and signs being lit up, with the moon also in view.[6]
The video premiered on Yahoo October 22, 2007 [7] followed by being added to Jimmy Eat World's official website on October 23, 2007, and moments later was added to Jimmy Eat World's YouTube[8] and Universal Music's YouTube.[9]
Charts[edit]
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| BillboardCanadian Hot 100 | 59 |
| U.S. BillboardBubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 22 |
| U.S. BillboardModern Rock Tracks | 3 |
| UK Singles | 119 |
Track list[edit]
UK 7'/CD
- Big Casino – 3:40
- Beautiful Is – 2:30
UK 7'
- Big Casino – 3:40
- Open Bar Reception – 3:54
Matt Fishel cover[edit]
Jimmy Eat World Big Casino Chords
In 2014, 'Big Casino' was recorded by British singer Matt Fishel for his EP of cover versions, titled Cover Boy. Fishel's version of the song, produced by Fishel and Mark Crew, is more acoustic and stripped back than Jimmy Eat World's original. It is at a slower tempo and incorporates piano, acoustic and electric guitars, drums and strings, along with Fishel's layered vocals and multiple harmonies. According to Howard Stump of music blog Soundtrack To My Day, Fishel 'really brings the melody to life in his version',[10] which appears as the fourth track on Fishel's Cover Boy EP, released internationally by Young Lust Records on July 14, 2014.[11][12]
References[edit]
- ^'AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly'. AllAccess. September 4, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- ^'Chase This Light official website'. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
- ^Keefe, Jonathan (October 15, 2007). 'Jimmy Eat World: Chase This Light'. Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^Hiatt, Brian (October 18, 2007). 'Chase This Light : Jimmy Eat World : Review'. Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^Blackie, Andrew (October 15, 2007). 'Jimmy Eat World: Chase This Light'. PopMatters. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^Big Casino music video at YouTube
- ^Jimmy Eat World at Yahoo
- ^Jimmy Eat World at YouTube
- ^Universal Music Group at YouTube
- ^Stump, Howard. 'Matt Fishel * Cover Boy', Soundtrack To My Day, United States, July 16, 2014. Retrieved on July 28, 2014.
- ^'iTunes-Music-Matt Fishel-Cover-Boy', Retrieved on July 28, 2014.
- ^'This week's new releases 14-07-2014', Official Charts Company, UK, July 14, 2014. Retrieved on July 28, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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from the album Chase This Light 路Copyright: Writer(s): James Christopher Adkins, Thomas Darrell Linton, Richard E. Burch, Zachary Michel Lind Lyrics Terms of Use
Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language:
Before this world starts up again
It's me and night
We wait for the sun
The kids and drunks head back inside
Well there's lots of smart ideas
In books I've never read
When the girls come talk to me
I wish to hell I had
Get up! Get up!
Turn the ignition
Get up! Get up!
Fire up the system
Play my little part in something big
Related
I'll accept with poise, with grace
When they draw my name from the lottery
And they'll say: 'all the salt in the world couldn't melt that ice'
I'm the one who gets away
I'm a New Jersey success story
And they'll say: 'Lord give me the chance to shake that hand!'
They'll say...
Back when I was younger,
I was someone you'd have liked
Got an old guitar I've had for years
I'd let you buy
And I'll tell you something else
That you ain't died enough to know
There's still some living left when your prime comes and goes
Get up! Get up!
Dance on the ceiling?
Get up! Get up!
Boy you must be dreaming
Rock on young saviour
Just don't get up your hopes
I'll accept with poise, with grace
When they draw my name from the lottery
And they'll say: 'all the salt in the world couldn't melt that ice'
I'm the one who gets away
I'm a New Jersey success story
And they'll say: 'Lord give me the chance to shake that hand!'
I have one last wish
And it's from my heart
Just let me down
Just let me down easy
Big Casino Jimmy Eat World
Big Casino Jimmy Eat World Lyrics
I'll accept with poise, with grace
When they draw my name from the lottery
And they'll say: 'all the salt in the world couldn't melt that ice'
I'm the one who gets away
I'm a New Jersey success story
And they'll say: 'Lord give me the chance to shake his hand!'
They'll say...