Slam / Out Here

"Slam" / "Out Here" is the fifth single by Australian drum and bass collective Pendulum. It was released on 19 September 2005 by independent label Breakbeat Kaos, and was their third release with the label. It peaked number 34 on the UK Singles Chart. Both songs have been included on their CD release of Hold Your Colour in July 2005. "Slam", as well as the "Prelude" track from Hold Your Colour, samples a Rod Serling introduction from the American TV show The Twilight Zone. Similar samples are read aloud in the Headhunterz song "Rock Civilization". When the song is performed live with the full band, the first minute and a half is cut out and replaced by part of the Metallica song, "Master Of Puppets". However, when the song was played in DJ Sets prior to 2006, the track "Prelude" was played before it as Slam was always the first track played.

The B-side track, "Out Here", is one of the few break songs included in Hold Your Colour (as well as "Fasten Your Seatbelt" from the previous single). It's also the only song to have vocals from Gareth McGrillen (as well as Rob Swire), despite them being altered.

Music video

Due to its success, "Slam" became the first Pendulum song to have a music video, as well as their only song from Hold Your Colour and made while signed with Breakbeat Kaos with a music video. Under the production of Creative Wrkz and Co-Directed by Teebone and Adam Brown, it was released in 2005 and last a total length of four minutes and nineteen seconds (4:19). The video uses the "Prelude" track from Hold Your Colour as an intro. The video is about a man (John Dough played by actor Paul Nicholls) wearing a suit and holding a duffel bag (as seen in the CD single cover) who, after taking out a copy of Hold Your Colour and putting a CD of "Slam" into his portable stereo, is seen dancing in public in and around the Soho area of London with his suit off and his tie wrapped around his head. In the end of the video, where the man is wearing a Pendulum / Breakbeat Kaos shirt, he gets his stereo and his bag stolen; in an attempt to try to get them back, the man accidentally slams into a street pole, ending the song. The video also features cameo appearances by the members of Pendulum.

Formats and track listings

12" Vinyl Single, Picture Disc
(BBK011; released 19 September 2005)

A. "Slam" – 5:45

AA. "Out Here" – 6:07

CD Single
(BBK011SCD; released 19 September 2005)

"Slam" (radio edit) – 3:35
"Slam" (original) – 5:45
"Out Here" – 6:07

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Slam" / "Out Here".

Rob Swire – songwriting, production, vocals, synthesiser, guitar, mixing
Gareth McGrillen – songwriting, production, vocals
Paul Harding – songwriting, production
Stuart Hawkes – mastering

Chart performance

"Slam" / "Out Here" entered the UK Singles Chart on week 39, 2005. It peaked at number 34 before dropping out a week later.

Chart (2005)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[1]	34

External links

Pendulum – Slam / Out Here at Discogs

References

↑ "Archive Chart: 2005-10-01" UK Singles Chart.

Pendulum

Rob Swire Gareth McGrillen Paul Harding Ben Mount Peredur ap Gwynedd Kevin Sawka Paul Kodish

Studio albums	Hold Your Colour (2005) In Silico (2008) Immersion (2010)

Live albums	Live at Brixton Academy (2009)

Related articles	Discography Breakbeat Kaos Knife Party Warner Music Group Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back!

Pendulum singles

Discography

Hold Your Colour	"Spiral" / "Ulterior Motive" (2003) "Another Planet" / "Voyager" (2004) "Back 2 You" / "Still Grey" (2004) "Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt" (2005) "Slam" / "Out Here" (2005) "Hold Your Colour" (2006) "Blood Sugar" / "Axle Grinder" (2007)

In Silico	"Granite" (2007) "Propane Nightmares" (2008) "The Other Side" (2008) "Showdown" (2009)

Immersion	"Watercolour (2010) "Witchcraft" (2010) "The Island" (2010) "Crush" (2011)

Non-album singles	"Spiral" (2003) "Ransom" (2011)

Promotional singles	Hardware Limited 03 (2006) "The Tempest" (2008) "Immunize" (2010)

Singles as featured artist	"Guns at Dawn" (with Baron) (2005) "Painkiller" (with Freestylers & SirReal) (2006) "Security" (with Freestylers & Ragman) (2007)

Singles as remixer	"Voodoo People" (Pendulum remix) (2005) "ABC News Theme" (Pendulum remix) (2010)

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