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}} "Uma Thurman" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released digitally on January 12, 2015. The song prominently features sampled theme music from the television series ''The Munsters'' (1964-1966) and lyrics celebrating the character actress Uma Thurman, famous for films such as ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''Kill Bill''. The song was the fifth〔(Fall Out Boy Mixes Uma Thurman & The Munsters On New Release ) www.newsforshoppers.com. Retrieved January 15, 2015.〕 digital track released in build up to the band's 2015 album, ''American Beauty/American Psycho''. The song was released to modern rock radio as the album's third single (second in the U.S.) in early February. On March 31, 2015, "Uma Thurman" was released as the album's second U.S. Top 40 single.〔("UMA THURMAN" SET AS FALL OUT BOY'S NEW POP SINGLE; IMPACTS ON 3/31 ). headlineplanet.com. Retrieved March 19, 2015.〕 The remix entitled "The Boys of Zummer Remix" was released in promotion of the Boys of Zummer tour featuring American rapper and tourmate Wiz Khalifa. The song debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes chart on its digital release,〔( #1 song #8 song #4 album ) falloutboy.com. Retrieved January 13, 2015.〕 reached No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was certified RIAA Platinum in August 2015. The music video won the 2015 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video. Fall Out Boy performed "Uma Thurman" in a TV ad for Pepsi — which premiered during the 57th Grammy Awards. Fall Out Boy has also performed the song on TV shows including ''Late Night with Seth Meyers''〔(VIDEO: Fall Out Boy Performs 'Uma Thurman' on LATE NIGHT. broadwayworld.com. Retrieved June 10, 2015. )〕 and at the 2015 Much Music Video Awards.〔(Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd win big at Much Music Video Awards ). ''Business Standard''. Retrieved June 22, 2015.〕 ==Composition== The song prominently samples the theme music from ''The Munsters'', taking an electric guitar riff and baritone sax line.〔(New Fall Out Boy Song 'Uma Thurman' Is Best Yet From New Album ) ''Billboard''. Retrieved January 15, 2014.〕 Its title is a reference to American actress Uma Thurman dancing with John Travolta in an iconic scene of the film ''Pulp Fiction''.〔〔("Fall Out Boy's 'Uma Thurman' Samples 'The Munsters' Theme Song, And It's Rad" ) MTV. Retrieved January 15, 2015.〕 She gave permission for Fall Out Boy to use her name.〔(14 Things We Learned on the Road With Fall Out Boy ) ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved January 15, 2015〕〔(Pete Wentz tweet on Uma Thurman ) https://twitter.com/petewentz. Retrieved January 15, 2015.〕 The track also incorporates "jittery piano chords"〔 and "clapping drums", along with bursts of soulful hooks like "I can move mountains, I can work a miracle".〔(Fall Out Boy Share ‘Pulp Fiction’-Nodding ‘Uma Thurman': Listen ) KROQ. Retrieved January 15, 2015.〕 Bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz has stated: This was a fun song to write. originally, when we came up with the idea, and there was this sample in it, which is a sample from ''The Munsters'' TV show, people kept saying "oh cool, like Quentin Tarantino, cool" when we played it. We decided why don't we kind of create this world around that? To me, Uma Thurman and Winona Ryder, they were these women in pop culture who were quirky, but that made me only crush on them harder. And rather than going with the traditional Uma Thurman role, we thought a lot about ''Kill Bill'' and who her character was in that, and this kind of resilience and this violence, but there's something that's authentic about it (like a woman taking revenge orhahahaa 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「Uma Thurman (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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