Push the Button (The Chemical Brothers album)

Development

Singles

Usage in media

• Track No. 1, "Galvanize", has been featured in US commercials for Budweiser, as well as on an episode of All Star Family Fortunes aired 23 December 2006. A remix, produced by Scratch Perverts, was included in the game DJ Hero 2. It was also used in in 2012
• Track No. 6, "The Big Jump", was featured on the soundtracks of the video games Burnout Revenge and Project Gotham Racing 3.
• Track No. 9, "Shake Break Bounce" was used in the BBC Three comedy Cuckoo in the episode "Ken on E". 4 time Commonwealth gold medalist, Claudia Fragapane also used Shake Break Bounce as her floor exercise music during 2013 and 2014. It was also used as the background music to the Ford S-Max TV advert, shown in the UK in August–September 2006
• Track No. 10 "Marvo Ging", featured in Season two of The O.C., in the episode. It is also used on Channel 4, E4 and More4 in the United Kingdom to advertise Film4, and in the final episode of Time Trumpet.
• Track No. 11, "Surface to Air", was featured on Sky Sports News as its title music and in Anna Faris's 2007 comedy film Smiley Face.

  Reception

Track listing

• As with all other albums by The Chemical Brothers, some of the tracks segue into the next. These are 2 into 3, 3 into 4, 5 into 6, 6 into 7, 7 into 8, 9 into 10, and finally 10 into 11.

• "Galvanize" contains samples of "Just Tell Me the Truth", written and performed by Najat Aatabou.
• "Come Inside" contains samples of "Everyday We Die a Little", written and performed by Sara Ayers.
• "Left Right" contains samples of "Heavy Dramatic Track", from Production Music Beds MM123.
• "Shake Break Bounce" contains samples of "Party & Bullshit", written by Rashia Fisher, Justin Smith and Curtis Jones, and performed by Rah Digga.

  Personnel

The Chemical Brothers

• Tom Rowlands – production
• Ed Simons – production

  Additional musicians

• Q-Tip – vocals on "Galvanize"
• Tim Burgess – vocals on "The Boxer"
• Kele Okereke – vocals on "Believe"
• Anna-Lynne Williams – vocals on "Hold Tight London"
• Jon Brookes – percussion on "Hold Tight London"
• Anwar Superstar – vocals on "Left Right"
• The Magic Numbers – vocals on "Close Your Eyes"

  Additional technical personnel

• Cheeky Paul – editing
• Steve Dub – engineering
• Ben Thackery – engineering
• Mike Marsh – mastering
• Vaughn Merrick – recording on "Galvanize"

  Design

• The Chemical Brothers – art direction
• Tappin Gofton – art direction
• Kam Tang – artwork

  Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history