| "Hats Off to the Bull" | ||||
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| Single byChevelle | ||||
| from the albumHats Off to the Bull | ||||
| Released | February 16, 2012 (2012-02-16) | |||
| Studio | JHOC (Pasadena, California) | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Producer | Joe Barresi | |||
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"Hats Off to the Bull" is a song by Americanrock bandChevelle. It was released on February 16, 2012, as the second single from the band's sixth studio album,Hats Off to the Bull (2011).[2] The song also appears on the band's greatest hits album,Stray Arrows: A Collection of Favorites (2012).
The song has been described as an anti-animal cruelty song, especially criticizingbullfighting.[3]
Loudwire ranked it the seventh greatest Chevelle song.[4]AOL Radio called it the ninth best rock song of 2011.[5]
A music video was released for the song via the band'sVevo andYouTube accounts on April 18, 2012 and was directed byP.R. Brown, who also directed the video for previous single "Face to the Floor".[6]
The video begins with the band members waking up on the street, bloodied and bruised, before they are attacked by an unseen force. The unseen force is revealed to be a kid, playing with toy figures of the band, much like avoodoo doll. The video ends with the kid stepping on the toys, killing the band members and zooms in to reveal he is holding a toy figurine of a bull.
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