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The song was produced by Cole Bennett of Lyrical Lemonade and Max Lord, both of whom wrote the song with the rappers; the song also contains samples of American rapper Eminem's single, "Role Model", from The Slim Shady LP (1999), which resulted in him and its producers, Dr. Dre and Mel-Man, also being credited as songwriters on "Doomsday". [2]
In a review of Operation: Doomsday, Neil Drumming of CMJ New Music Monthly commented that MF Doom "flows in a rambling torrent that wobbles from first to third person and easily merits its own chamber right between RZA's jumble and Raekwon's pasta poetry", citing lyrics from "Rhymes Like Dimes" as an example. [6]
"Doomsday Blue" was composed by Bambie Ray Robinson, Olivia Cassy "Cassyette" Brooking (who also provided uncredited backing vocals), Sam Matlock, and Tylr Rydr.In interviews given out by Robinson, Robinson claims the song is about heartbreak, deception, and the pain of unrequited love, describing it as "explosive" and "hard-hitting" but also "sweet" and "soulful". [1]
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The song's original arrangement was described by Jimmy Chamberlin as "folk/calypso" and was eventually slowed down and made much heavier for the recorded version. [2]In early 2008, "Doomsday Clock" was licensed to the professional wrestling outfit Ring of Honor for use as the theme song of the taped pay-per-view, ROH Undeniable.
"Doomsday" is a song by British-American rapper MF Doom featuring singer Pebbles the Invisible Girl, taken from the former's debut studio album Operation: Doomsday (1999). Produced by MF Doom himself, it contains samples of " Kiss of Life " by Sade and "Poetry" by Boogie Down Productions .
The band played the song live for the first time for BBC Radio 1's "Radio 1 Rocks" show on 31 October. [11] Three months after the song's digital release, "Doomsday" was issued as a 7" vinyl on 8 December 2017, limited to 1,000 copies. [12] In July 2018, the band released an alternate version of "Doomsday", featuring James Beckwith on piano. [13]
Their music video for "Shadow of the Day" from Minutes to Midnight, represents the Doomsday Clock as an actual clock with it reaching midnight at the end of the video. In the Flobots' song "The Circle in the Square", the lyrics say "the clock is now 11:55 on the big hand", which was the Doomsday Clock's setting in 2012 when the song was released.