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{{Infobox single
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| Name = Palahniuk's Laughter
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| Cover = FSPLSINGLE.jpg
| Artist = [[Fightstar]]
▲| from Album = [[They Liked You Better When You Were Dead]]
| Released = January 2005
| Format = [[Music video]]
| Recorded = November 2004
| Genre = [[Post-hardcore]], [[alternative metal]]
| Length = 4:10
| Writer = [[Charlie Simpson]], [[Alex westaway (musician)|Alex Westaway]]
| Producer = Mark Williams, Fightstar
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Palahniuk's Laughter'''"<br>(2005)
| Next single = "[[Paint Your Target]]"<br>(2005)
}}
"'''Palahniuk's Laughter'''" is the debut song from English [[Rock music|rock]] 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=2009-05-02}}</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|Tsunami in Asia]] on 26 December 2004.<ref name="YouTube">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BouChfG2aJM|title=Orange Music Interview - Fightstar|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2009-07-15}}</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'' TV]]. The video was directed by the band's bassist [[Dan Haigh]].<ref name="Alex">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8x2lbHOXQ|title=Fightstar's "Making Palahniuk's Laughter - Post production"|publisher=Fightstarmusic|accessdate=2006-09-19}}</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=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCE87DymKQ|title=Fightstar - Palahniuk's Laughter|publisher=Fightstar.org|accessdate=2011-09-06}}</ref>
==External links==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCE87DymKQ] official video on [[YouTube]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Fightstar}}
[[Category:2005 singles]]
[[Category:Debut singles]]
[[Category:Fightstar songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Charlie Simpson]]
[[Category:Songs written by Alex Westaway]]
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