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| album =#REDIRECT [[They Liked You Better When You Were Dead]]
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{{Infobox song
| name = Palahniuk's Laughter
| cover = FSPLSINGLE.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Fightstar]]
| album = [[They Liked You Better When You Were Dead]]
| released = January 2005
| recorded = November 2004
| studio = Criterion Studios in [[London]], [[England]]
| genre = [[Emo]]
| length = 4:10
| label =
| writer = {{flat list|
* [[Charlie Simpson]]
* [[Alex Westaway]]
* [[Dan Haigh]]
* Omar Abidi
}}
| producer = {{flat list|
* Mark Williams
* Fightstar
}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Paint Your Target]]
| next_year = 2005
| misc = {{Audio sample
| type = single
| file = 02 Palahniuk's Laughter-01.ogg
| description = "Palahniuk's Laughter"
}}
}}
 
"'''Palahniuk's Laughter'''" is the debut single by English band [[Fightstar]], released as a [[music video|promotional video]] in January 2005.
 
It is featured on their debut [[extended play]], ''[[They Liked You Better When You Were Dead]]'' and is the first song on the UK version of the EP. The title is a reference to author [[Chuck Palahniuk]],<ref name="Omar">{{cite web|url=http://crowdsurfer.net/2009/05/fightstar-liverpool-020509/|title=Fightstar - Liverpool - 02/05/09|publisher=Crowdsurfer.net|accessdate=2 May 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804141038/http://crowdsurfer.net/2009/05/fightstar-liverpool-020509/|archivedate=4 August 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> while the song was originally called "Out Swimming in the Flood" but the title was changed out of respect after the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|tsunami in Asia]] on 26 December 2004.<ref name="YouTube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BouChfG2aJM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523223425/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BouChfG2aJM |archive-date=2014-05-23 |url-status=dead|title=Orange Music Interview - Fightstar|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=15 July 2009}}</ref> A video was made for the song to promote the release of the EP and received heavy rotation at the time on [[Kerrang! TV|Kerrang!]]. The video was directed by the band's bassist [[Dan Haigh]].<ref name="Alex">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8x2lbHOXQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/ms8x2lbHOXQ |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Fightstar's "Making Palahniuk's Laughter - Post production"|publisher=Fightstarmusic|accessdate=19 September 2006}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 
==Video==
The video for "Palahniuk's Laughter" is the band playing in heavy rain in a [[post-apocalyptic]] future. Near the end of the video water rises from the ground before smashing back down. Then the band's instruments catch fire.<ref name="Official Video">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCE87DymKQ|title=Fightstar - Palahniuk's Laughter|publisher=Fightstar.org|accessdate=6 September 2011}}</ref>
 
==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCE87DymKQ Official video on YouTube]
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
{{Fightstar}}
 
[[Category:2004 songs]]
[[Category:2005 debut singles]]
[[Category:Fightstar songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Charlie Simpson]]
[[Category:Songs written by Alex Westaway]]
[[Category:Songs about writers]]