Hot Knives

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2007 single by Bright Eyes

"Hot Knives"

Single by Bright Eyes
from the album  Cassadaga
Released| July 9, 2007
Genre| Indie rock, folk rock, country rock
Label| Polydor
Songwriter(s)| Conor Oberst
Producer(s)| Mike Mogis
Bright Eyes singles chronology
| "Easy/Lucky/Free"
(2007)  | "Hot Knives"
(2007)  | "I Must Belong Somewhere"
(2007)

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"Hot Knives" is the second single by the American indie/folk-rock band Bright Eyes, from their album Cassadaga.[1] The song was released on July 9, 2007, on a strictly-limited 7" double A-side record.

Conor Oberst, the band's frontman, allegedly said "Hot Knives is a song.. um, sort of about a woman that kind of discovers that her life is a sham and can't really exist in her reality any longer and has to transform completely into a new, uh, species. It sounds crazy, but it's not that crazy. It could happen to you, too" on the NME Track-by-Track.

## Track listing

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1. Hot Knives
2. If The Brakeman Turns My Way

## Personnel

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* Conor Oberst \- Guitar, Vocals, Piano
* Mike Mogis \- Guitar, Bass, Dobro
* Nate Walcott \- Piano, Strings
* Maria Taylor \- Vocals, Drums
* M. Ward \- Guitar
* Janet Weiss \- Drums
* Stacy DuPree \- Vocals
* Sherri DuPree \- Vocals
* Z Berg \- Vocals
* Rachael Yamagata \- Vocals
* Bill Meyers – Conductor

## Trivia

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Bright Eyes played "Hot Knives" on July 4, 2007, on Late Show with David Letterman.

## Music video

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The video for "Hot Knives" was directed by Patrick Daughters, who also directed "Title and Registration" (Death Cab for Cutie), "Stockholm Syndrome" (Muse), and the video for the previous Bright Eyes single, "Four Winds".

## References

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1. ^ "Bright Eyes Bio". Saddle Creek Records. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2007-01-21.

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Bright Eyes

* Mike Mogis
* Conor Oberst
* Nate Walcott

Studio albums|

* A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997
* Letting Off the Happiness
* Fevers and Mirrors
* Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
* A Christmas Album
* I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
* Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
* Cassadaga
* The People's Key
* Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
* Five Dice, All Threes

Live albums|

* Motion Sickness

Compilation albums|

* Noise Floor

EPs|

* Bright Eyes / Squadcar 96
* Every Day and Every Night
* Insound Tour Support No.12
* Oh Holy Fools
* Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page
* There Is No Beginning to the Story
* One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels
* Four Winds

Singles|

* "Motion Sickness"
* "Lover I Don't Have to Love"
* "Lua"
* "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)"
* "When the President Talks to God"
* 'First Day of My Life"
* "Easy/Lucky/Free"
* "Hot Knives"

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* Discography
* Songs
* Team Love Records
* Commander Venus
* Desaparecidos
* Monsters of Folk
* Park Ave.
* The Faint
* Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band

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