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Courtship Dating

2008 single by Crystal Castles

"Courtship Dating"

Single by Crystal Castles

from the album Crystal Castles

B-side

"Trash Hologram"

Released

March 31, 2008

Genre

Electropop, bitpop, experimental

Length

3:32

Label

Play It Again Sam, Last Gang

Songwriter(s)

Ethan Kath, Alice Glass

Producer(s)

Ethan Kath

Crystal Castles singles chronology

"Air War"
(2007)

"Courtship Dating"
(2008)

"Vanished"
(2008)

Music video

"Courtship Dating" on YouTube

"Courtship Dating" was the first single on the debut album by Ontario music group Crystal Castles. The single was released on March 31, 2008 although the song had leaked in 2006. According to vocalist Alice Glass, the song "is about human taxidermy, the idea of preserving the beauty of a lover the way you would an animal".^[1]

Reception

"Courtship Dating" was received positively by critics, with NME describing it as "synth-pop filled up with muted screams, jerking bass and sparking circuit boards" and "the best piece of humanity-loathing cyborg pop since The Knife's Silent Shout".^[2]

Track listing

7": Play It Again Sam UK

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Courtship Dating"	3:32
2.	"Trash Hologram" (demo)	2:14

7": Last Gang Canada

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Courtship Dating"	3:32
2.	"Trash Hologram" (demo)	2:14

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
NME	UK	The 50 Best Tracks of the Year^[3]	2008	44
Pitchfork Media	USA	The 100 Best Tracks of the Year^[4]	2008	60

References

^ "Crystal Castles - 'Things get out of control'". The Independent. October 3, 2008. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008.
^ "Crystal Castles". 28 March 2008.
^ NME
^ "Pitchfork Media". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-04-21.