Paper Planes

E324930

single song

"Paper Planes" is a globally popular 2007 hip hop/electronic single by British-Sri Lankan artist M.I.A., known for its catchy hook, gunshot sound effects, and sharp critique of immigration and capitalism.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Paper Planes canonical	6
Paper Planes (song)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
album	Kala ⓘ
artist	M.I.A. ⓘ
bpm	86 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart	19 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	4 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	widely acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs	global crossover hit ⓘ satirical critique of Western attitudes toward immigrants ⓘ
genre	alternative hip hop ⓘ dancehall ⓘ electronic music ⓘ hip hop ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	yes ⓘ
key	G-sharp minor ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	3:24 ⓘ
lyricTheme	capitalism ⓘ immigration ⓘ stereotypes about immigrants ⓘ
musicVideoDirector	Bernard Gourley ⓘ
nominatedFor	Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
notableFeature	cash register sound effects ⓘ catchy melodic hook ⓘ gunshot sound effects in the chorus ⓘ
partOfAlbum	Kala ⓘ
performer	M.I.A. ⓘ
producer	Diplo ⓘ M.I.A. ⓘ Switch ⓘ
recordLabel	Interscope Records ⓘ XL Recordings ⓘ
releaseDate	2007-02-11 ⓘ
releaseYear	2007 ⓘ
sampledArtist	The Clash ⓘ
sampledWork	Straight to Hell ⓘ
usedInFilm	Pineapple Express ⓘ Slumdog Millionaire ⓘ
vocalist	M.I.A. ⓘ
writer	Diplo ⓘ Joe Strummer ⓘ M.I.A. ⓘ Mick Jones ⓘ Paul Simonon ⓘ Topper Headon ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M.I.A. → notableWork → Paper Planes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paper Planes (song)

Diplo → notableSongProduced → Paper Planes ⓘ

Thomas Wesley Pentz → notableSongProduced → Paper Planes ⓘ

Mathangi Arulpragasam → notableWork → Paper Planes ⓘ

Kala → hasTrack → Paper Planes ⓘ

Kala → notableSingle → Paper Planes ⓘ