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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|2009 single by Death Cab for Cutie}}<br />
{{Infobox song<br />
| name = Grapevine Fires<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| type = single<br />
| artist = [[Death Cab for Cutie]]<br />
| album = [[Narrow Stairs]]<br />
| released = February 3, 2009<br />
| recorded = 2007<br />
| studio =<br />
| venue =<br />
| genre = [[Indie rock]]<br />
| length = 4:07<br />3:37 <small>(Radio Version)</small><br />
| label = [[Atlantic Records]], [[Barsuk Records]]<br />
| writer = [[Ben Gibbard]], Nick Harmer, [[Jason McGerr]]<br />
| producer = [[Chris Walla]]<br />
| prev_title = [[No Sunlight]]<br />
| prev_year = 2008<br />
| next_title = [[Little Bribes]]<br />
| next_year = 2009<br />
}}<br />
"'''Grapevine Fires'''" is a song by American [[indie rock]] band [[Death Cab for Cutie]], the fourth single from their sixth studio album, ''[[Narrow Stairs]]'', released February 3, 2009, on [[Atlantic Records]].<br />
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The single peaked at number twenty-one on the [[Modern Rock Tracks|Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks]] chart, and becoming the band's sixth single on that chart.<ref>{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p365455/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}</ref> "Grapevine Fires" was featured in the [[NBC]] drama [[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|''Heroes'']] in the episode "[[Ink (Heroes)|Ink]]", and it also appeared on the 2009 [[compilation album]], ''[[Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise]]''.<br />
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The drumbeat of the song is modeled after the [[Bernard Purdie|"Purdie Shuffle"]], although drummer Jason McGerr says it is more of an emulation, as opposed to a replication, of the famous drum pattern.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/theater/31purd.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1|title=A Signature Shuffle Enjoys a New Life|newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 March 2009|last1=Segal|first1=David}}</ref><br />
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==Music video==<br />
[[File:GrapevineFiresVideo.jpg|left|thumb|170px|The band members' cameo in the video.]]<br />
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The video of the song is animated and created by [[Walter Robot]]. It features a semi-literal interpretation of the lyrics by showing a wildfire and its effect on the lives of the people in the video. The band members make a cameo appearance loading a van. The visual interpretation of the song in the video leaves out the imagery of the second verse of the song.<br />
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The video was accepted into the [[Los Angeles Film Festival]] where it won the Audience Choice Award for Best Music Video.<br />
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==Charts==<br />
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"<br />
! Chart (2009)<br />
! Peak<br />position<br />
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{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|21|artist=Death Cab for Cutie|rowheader=true|access-date=December 15, 2021}}<br />
|}<br />
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{{Death Cab}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:2009 singles]]<br />
[[Category:Death Cab for Cutie songs]]<br />
[[Category:Songs about California]]<br />
[[Category:2007 songs]]<br />
[[Category:Atlantic Records singles]]<br />
[[Category:Songs written by Nick Harmer]]<br />
[[Category:Songs written by Jason McGerr]]<br />
[[Category:Songs written by Ben Gibbard]]<br />
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