Obstacle 1

"Obstacle 1" is a song by Interpol, from their first album Turn On the Bright Lights. The song was released as a single on November 11, 2002, then remixed by producer Arthur Baker and reissued as a single on September 15, 2003. The music video for "Obstacle 1" was directed by Floria Sigismondi. A WKQX Radio interview with the band states that they wrote the song after watching a news report about a model's recent death. The song was ranked at #64 on Pitchfork Media's 'Top 500 Tracks of the Decade' list.[1]

"Obstacle 1" is featured as a playable track on Guitar Hero World Tour. Singer Charlotte Martin has a rendition of "Obstacle 1" on her album, Reproductions.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] == ===2002 single[ edit] === CD (OLE570-2):
 * 1.1 2002 single
 * 1.2 2003 single
 * 2 Music video
 * 3 References

7" vinyl (OLE570-7):
 * 1) "Obstacle 1" – 4:11
 * 2) "PDA" (Live KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic Session) – 4:56
 * 3) "Hands Away" (Live Peel Session) – 3:10

===2003 single[ edit] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Remix CD (OLE594-2):
 * 1) "Obstacle 1" – 4:11
 * 2) "Obstacle 2" (Live Peel Session) – 3:50

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">7" vinyl (OLE594-7):
 * 1) "Obstacle 1" (Arthur Baker Remix Edit) – 4:17
 * 2) "Obstacle 1" (Arthur Baker Remix Long Version) – 5:55
 * 3) "Obstacle 1" (Radio Edit) – 3:36

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">DVD (OLE594-9):
 * 1) "Obstacle 1" (Arthur Baker Remix Edit) – 4:17
 * 2) "Obstacle 1" (Live Black Session) – 4:18

==Music video<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The promotional video for the song was directed by Floria Sigismondi.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[2]  It shows several shots of the band playing in an aisle, there are many wires moving up and down. Then, a woman (Floria herself) appears dancing the song on another aisle. In a shot, a glass of water fall down and breaks, the water begins to move through the aisles and arrives to the aisle where the woman is dancing. The woman falls down and is electrocuted as a result of the electrical wires in the water.
 * 1) "Obstacle 1" (video) – 3:47
 * 2) "Specialist" (Live Black Session) (audio) – 6:34
 * 3) "Leif Erikson" (Live Black Session) (audio) – 3:55