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"'''Bloodbuzz Ohio'''" is a single by [[indie rock]] [[musical ensemble|band]] [[The National (band)|The National]], from their fifth [[studio album]], ''[[High Violet]]''. It is notable for [[Matt Berninger]]'s [[baritone]] vocals. It was made available for download on the band's website on March 24, 2010. The song was also released on 7" vinyl (with the exclusive B-side "Sin-Eaters") on May 3, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4ad.com/news/download-free-mp/ |title=4AD – The National – Download Free MP3 of the new single, 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' |date=March 25, 2010 |accessdate=2011-12-24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606060424/http://www.4ad.com/news/download-free-mp/ |archivedate=June 6, 2011}}</ref> The cover art of this single is a work by artist Mark Fox, titled ''Jane Jacobs Understands The Beehive''.<ref name="Mark Fox">{{cite web | url=http://www.markfoxstudio.com/?page_id=3 | title=News | publisher=Mark Fox | accessdate=April 27, 2011 | author=Fox, Mark}}</ref>
"'''Bloodbuzz Ohio'''" is a single by [[indie rock]] [[musical ensemble|band]] [[The National (band)|The National]], from their fifth [[studio album]], ''[[High Violet]]''. It is notable for [[Matt Berninger]]'s [[baritone]] vocals. It was made available for download on the band's website on March 24, 2010. The song was also released on 7" vinyl (with the exclusive B-side "Sin-Eaters") on May 3, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4ad.com/news/download-free-mp/ |title=4AD – The National – Download Free MP3 of the new single, 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' |date=March 25, 2010 |access-date=2011-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606060424/http://www.4ad.com/news/download-free-mp/ |archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref> The cover art of this single is a work by artist Mark Fox, titled ''Jane Jacobs Understands The Beehive''.<ref name="Mark Fox">{{cite web | url=http://www.markfoxstudio.com/?page_id=3 | title=News | publisher=Mark Fox | access-date=April 27, 2011 | author=Fox, Mark}}</ref>


[[Julia Stone]] covered the song on her 2012 album, ''[[By the Horns]]''.
[[Julia Stone]] covered the song on her 2012 album, ''[[By the Horns]]''.

[[SOAK]] covered the song in 2019.
Irish artist [[Soak (singer)|Soak]] covered the song in 2019.

[[Goose (American band)|Goose]] performed a version of the song on August 18, 2022 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
''Bloodbuzz Ohio'' received critical reviews as being the first single from ''[[High Violet]]''. [[One Thirty BPM]] states the track to be "the beating heart of High Violet and most alarming insight into the psyche of the album."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://onethirtybpm.com/2010/05/24/track-review-the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio/ |title=Track Review: The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio" |publisher=One Thirty BPM |first=Ian |last=Barker |accessdate=2011-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626210911/http://onethirtybpm.com/2010/05/24/track-review-the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio/ |archivedate=June 26, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'s review stated that ''Bloodbuzz Ohio'' was "a tense, drawn-out build with Matt Berninger's weathered [[baritone]] lording all over everything".<ref>{{cite web|last=Breihan |first=Tom |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11866-bloodbuzz-ohio/ |title=The National: "Bloodbuzz Ohio" &#124; Tracks |publisher=Pitchfork |date=March 30, 2010 |accessdate=2011-12-24}}</ref>
[[One Thirty BPM]] described the track as "the beating heart of ''[[High Violet]]'' and most alarming insight into the psyche of the album."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://onethirtybpm.com/2010/05/24/track-review-the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio/ |title=Track Review: The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio" |publisher=One Thirty BPM |first=Ian |last=Barker |access-date=2011-12-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626210911/http://onethirtybpm.com/2010/05/24/track-review-the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio/ |archive-date=June 26, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] called it "a tense, drawn-out build with Matt Berninger's weathered [[baritone]] lording all over everything."<ref>{{cite web|last=Breihan |first=Tom |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11866-the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio/ |title=The National: "Bloodbuzz Ohio" &#124; Tracks |publisher=Pitchfork |date=March 30, 2010 |access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref>
On January 26, 2011, the song was voted at number 31 on the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2010|Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010]], making it their highest entry on the countdown ever. In 2019, Pitchfork ranked the song at number 76 on its list of the 200 Best Songs of the 2010s.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media |accessdate=12 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
On January 26, 2011, the song was voted at number 31 on the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2010|Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010]], making it their highest entry on the countdown ever. In 2019, Pitchfork ranked the song at number 76 on its list of the 200 Best Songs of the 2010s.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media |access-date=12 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

In ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[Rob Sheffield]] stated that the song is "about money", emphasizing that its chorus is the phrase "I still owe money, to the money, to the money I owe", and speculating that Ohio is "mentioned only because it sounds like 'I owe'"; The band is from Ohio. Sheffield further observed that the song's lyrics are "full of throwaway clues that never add up to any coherent storyline", but that it is nonetheless "sickeningly great" and has "undeniable emotional punch".
<ref name=RollingStone>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-nationals-money-shot-in-praise-of-bloodbuzz-ohio-242316/ The National’s Money Shot: In Praise of “Bloodbuzz Ohio”], by [[Rob Sheffield]]; in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''; published May 17, 2010; retrieved May 8, 2024</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
[[Matt Berninger]] is the main focus of the first video from ''[[High Violet]]'' which shows him dapper in a suit, holding a drink, and walking the streets of [[New York City]], seemingly lost in thought as he sings.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfySK7CLEEg |title=The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2011-12-24}}</ref> Documentary film director [[D.A. Pennebaker]] appears in a cameo in the video, playing a bartender<ref>{{cite web|author=Amy Phillips|url=http://www.pitchfork.com/news/38767-video-the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio/|title= Video: The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=May 11, 2010 |accessdate=June 25, 2012}}</ref>
[[Matt Berninger]] is the main focus of the first video from ''[[High Violet]]'' which shows him dapper in a suit, holding a drink, and walking the streets of [[New York City]], seemingly lost in thought as he sings.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfySK7CLEEg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/yfySK7CLEEg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio |publisher=YouTube |date= |access-date=2011-12-24}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Documentary film director [[D.A. Pennebaker]] appears in a cameo in the video, playing a bartender.<ref>{{cite web|author=Amy Phillips|url=http://www.pitchfork.com/news/38767-video-the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio/|title= Video: The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=May 11, 2010 |access-date=June 25, 2012}}</ref>


It was directed by Hope Hall, Andreas Burgess and Matt's wife Carin Besser.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.ie/2010/05/news/the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio-video/ |title=The National – ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’ video – News &#124; State Magazine |publisher=State.ie |date=May 12, 2010 |accessdate=2011-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514132544/http://www.state.ie/2010/05/news/the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio-video/ |archive-date=May 14, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
It was directed by [[Hope E. Hall]], Andreas Burgess, and Berninger's wife Carin Besser.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.ie/2010/05/news/the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio-video/ |title=The National – 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' video – News &#124; State Magazine |publisher=State.ie |date=May 12, 2010 |access-date=2011-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514132544/http://www.state.ie/2010/05/news/the-national-bloodbuzz-ohio-video/ |archive-date=May 14, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Performances==
==Performances==
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==Chart history==
==Chart history==
It charted on the Belgian Flanders [[Ultratop 50]] at number 49 for one week on week 25 of 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/55877 |title=The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |accessdate=2011-12-24}}</ref> It then re-entered the chart, and on its third week on the chart, the song peaked at number 16.<ref name="VL"/> It has also charted on the [[Ultratip]] chart in Wallonia region at number 37.<ref name="WA"/>
It charted on the Belgian Flanders [[Ultratop 50]] at number 49 for one week on week 25 of 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/55877 |title=The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |access-date=2011-12-24}}</ref> It then re-entered the chart, and on its third week on the chart, the song peaked at number 16.<ref name="VL"/> It has also charted on the [[Ultratip]] chart in Wallonia region at number 37.<ref name="WA"/>


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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Bloodbuzz Ohio"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=The National|title=Bloodbuzz Ohio|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2010|certyear=2022|access-date=December 22, 2023}}
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{MetroLyrics song|the-national|bloodbuzz-ohio}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->


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[[Category:2010 singles]]
[[Category:2010 singles]]

Latest revision as of 10:32, 10 November 2024

"Bloodbuzz Ohio"
Single by The National
from the album High Violet
ReleasedMarch 24, 2010 (digital download)
May 3, 2010 (7")
Genre
Length4:36
Label4AD(AD 3X22)
Songwriter(s)Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Padma Newsome
Producer(s)The National
The National singles chronology
"Fake Empire"
(2008) 		"Bloodbuzz Ohio"
(2010) 		"Anyone's Ghost"
(2010)

"Bloodbuzz Ohio" is a single by indie rock band The National, from their fifth studio album, High Violet. It is notable for Matt Berninger's baritone vocals. It was made available for download on the band's website on March 24, 2010. The song was also released on 7" vinyl (with the exclusive B-side "Sin-Eaters") on May 3, 2010.[1] The cover art of this single is a work by artist Mark Fox, titled Jane Jacobs Understands The Beehive.[2]

Julia Stone covered the song on her 2012 album, By the Horns.

Irish artist Soak covered the song in 2019.

Goose performed a version of the song on August 18, 2022 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

Critical reception

[edit]

One Thirty BPM described the track as "the beating heart of High Violet and most alarming insight into the psyche of the album."[3] Pitchfork called it "a tense, drawn-out build with Matt Berninger's weathered baritone lording all over everything."[4] On January 26, 2011, the song was voted at number 31 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010, making it their highest entry on the countdown ever. In 2019, Pitchfork ranked the song at number 76 on its list of the 200 Best Songs of the 2010s.[5]

In Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield stated that the song is "about money", emphasizing that its chorus is the phrase "I still owe money, to the money, to the money I owe", and speculating that Ohio is "mentioned only because it sounds like 'I owe'"; The band is from Ohio. Sheffield further observed that the song's lyrics are "full of throwaway clues that never add up to any coherent storyline", but that it is nonetheless "sickeningly great" and has "undeniable emotional punch". [6]

Music video

[edit]

Matt Berninger is the main focus of the first video from High Violet which shows him dapper in a suit, holding a drink, and walking the streets of New York City, seemingly lost in thought as he sings.[7] Documentary film director D.A. Pennebaker appears in a cameo in the video, playing a bartender.[8]

It was directed by Hope E. Hall, Andreas Burgess, and Berninger's wife Carin Besser.[9]

Performances

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The National performed a special live studio performance and interview on American Public Media's Marketplace November 1, 2012.

Track listing

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  • "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (May 3, 2010)
    • 4AD (AD 3X22), 7" vinyl and digital download
    1. "Bloodbuzz Ohio" – 4:36
    2. "Sin-Eaters" – 3:40

Chart history

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It charted on the Belgian Flanders Ultratop 50 at number 49 for one week on week 25 of 2010.[10] It then re-entered the chart, and on its third week on the chart, the song peaked at number 16.[11] It has also charted on the Ultratip chart in Wallonia region at number 37.[12]

Weekly chart performance for "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 16
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[12] 37
Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[13] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales[14] 7
UK Physical Singles (OCC)[15] 31
UK Indie (OCC)[16] 19

Certifications

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Certifications for "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[17] Gold 40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "4AD – The National – Download Free MP3 of the new single, 'Bloodbuzz Ohio'". March 25, 2010. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  2. ^ Fox, Mark. "News". Mark Fox. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Barker, Ian. "Track Review: The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"". One Thirty BPM. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  4. ^ Breihan, Tom (March 30, 2010). "The National: "Bloodbuzz Ohio" | Tracks". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  6. ^ The National’s Money Shot: In Praise of “Bloodbuzz Ohio”, by Rob Sheffield; in Rolling Stone; published May 17, 2010; retrieved May 8, 2024
  7. ^ "The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  8. ^ Amy Phillips (May 11, 2010). "Video: The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  9. ^ "The National – 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' video – News | State Magazine". State.ie. May 12, 2010. Archived from the original on May 14, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  10. ^ "The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio – Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  11. ^ a b "The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  12. ^ a b "The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio" (in French). Ultratip.
  13. ^ "The National Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  14. ^ "The National Hot Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2019.[dead link]
  15. ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. May 14, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  16. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  17. ^ "Canadian single certifications – The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio". Music Canada. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
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