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"Propane Nightmares" is the second single from Australian drum and bass band Pendulum's second album ''In Silico''. It incorporates elements of the song "Million Miles from Home" by German Happy Hardcore band Dune.〔("Propane Nightmares" (12") ). Discogs. Retrieved 15 June 2008.〕 It has received significant airplay on BBC Radio 1, being played frequently by DJ Zane Lowe. The song was released exclusively for download on 12 April 2008 in Australia and New Zealand, where Pendulum were on tour at the time.〔("Pendulum - Propane Nightmares - Single" ). Australian iTunes Store. Retrieved 24 June 2008.〕 It was later released globally for download on 21 April, and on physical formats on 28 April.〔Pendulum MySpace blog. Retrieved 8 July 2008.〕 The song reached number sixteen in the UK Singles Chart on 27 April based on downloads alone, and on 4 May the song peaked at number nine. It was also the official theme song of WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 as well as being used as background music for the official video highlights of the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix. It is also used as the runout song for Rotherham United football team. ==Critical reception== "Propane Nightmares" has received mixed reviews from music critics, mostly as a result of the change in style compared to older tracks produced by Pendulum. Some reviewers praised the new direction that the band had taken, for example Gerard McGarry wrote, in an article for Unreality Music, that Pendulum "have created an epic song that - for our money - fuses their penchant for dance and rock music beautifully".〔McGarry, Gerard. ("Propane Nightmares - Single Review" ). Unreality Music. Retrieved 17 June 2008〕 Jo-Ann Greene of Allmusic described the song as "another sizzling single" in her review of ''In Silico'',〔Greene, Jo-Ann. ("''In Silico'' Overview" ). Allmusic. Retrieved 17 June 2008.〕 while Fiona McGlynn wrote that "...Propane Nightmares is a fresh take on a merge of genres that actually works", in her single review for the ''Manchester Evening News''.〔 〕 It was also named 38th in ''Q Magazine's'' Q50 of April 2008. The track also received some criticism, mostly derived from Pendulum's migration from drum and bass to a more rock-imbued sound. In his review for AngryApe, Tim Johnson pointed out that "the problem... lies in Pendulum trying to cram too much into one space... almost like two or three different songs being played on top of one another".〔Johnson, Tim. ("Pendulum - Propane Nightmares [WEA] ). AngryApe. Retrieved 17 June 2008.〕 Simon Catling went further, writing an open letter in the webzine God Is in the TV to Pendulum asking them to "decide whether () wish to be a band or a drum n’ bass act" and commenting that "at the moment all () providing us with is a horribly half-baked and shoddy form of neither".〔Catling, Simon Jay. ("Pendulum - Propane Nightmares" ). God Is in the TV Zine. Retrieved 17 June 2008.〕 On 22 July 2008, it was announced that "Propane Nightmares" had been nominated for Best Single at the Kerrang! Awards 2008 ceremony, alongside singles from four other rock bands.〔Lane, Daniel. (And the nominees are... ). Kerrang!. Retrieved 24 July 2008.〕 The ceremony was held on 21 August, and Pendulum lost to Thirty Seconds to Mars who took Best Single with their song "From Yesterday".〔Lane, Daniel. (Best Single winner ). Kerrang!. Retrieved 28 August 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Propane Nightmares」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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