Heads Will Roll (song)

"Heads Will Roll"
Single by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
from the album It's Blitz!
ReleasedJune 29, 2009 (2009-06-29)
Genre
Length3:44
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs singles chronology
"Zero"
(2009)
"Heads Will Roll"
(2009)
"Skeletons"
(2010)
Music video
"Heads Will Roll" on YouTube

"Heads Will Roll" is a song by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their third studio album, It's Blitz! (2009). It was released by DGC, Interscope and Polydor Records as the album's second single in June 2009. Written by the band with production by Nick Launay and David Andrew Sitek, "Heads Will Roll" is a dance-rock song, shifting from their previous garage rock and art punk influences, about an ill-fated night on the dancefloor.

"Heads Will Roll" was a commercial success and became the band's best-selling single, reaching the top ten of three Billboard charts and certified double platinum; it also charted in six other countries. Richard Ayoade directed its accompanying music video, which was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award. A remix by Canadian artist A-Trak further heightened the song's popularity, being placed on Rolling Stone's list of the 200 greatest dance songs.