Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels)

"Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" is a song by Canadian rock band Arcade Fire, and the first track on their debut album Funeral. It is the first of the four-part "Neighborhood" series found on Funeral.

"Tunnels" was the band's first single, released several months before the album as a 7" vinyl record on June 20, 2004, to a pressing of 1500 copies. The B-side to the album is a recording of the song "My Buddy" by swing musician Alvino Rey. Rey is the maternal grandfather of Arcade Fire members Win andWilliam Butler.

In August 2009, the song was named #10 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s".[1]  In a 2012 Beats Per Minute (website) article on The Essential Arcade Fire, it was named the band's most essential track by writer Lucien Flores. [2]  Flores writes, "'Tunnels' has all the elements of a great Arcade Fire song: a head-bobbing rhythm section, lyrics that harken back to an imperfect past, a seamless blend of instruments, and a cathartic coda." It is also the highest rated single of the 2000s on popular music ratings website rateyourmusic.com.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] == 7" single[3]
 * 2 Personnel
 * 3 References
 * 4 External links

==Personnel[ edit] == Arcade Fire
 * 1) "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" - 4:48
 * 2) "My Buddy" (Alvino Rey Orchestra, live radio broadcast, 1940) - 2:32

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 * Win Butler - vocals, Jaguar Electric Guitar
 * Regine Chassagne - backing vocals, drums
 * Richard Reed Parry - piano, backing vocals, organ, engineer, recording
 * Tim Kingsbury - bass, backing vocals
 * Howard Bilerman - Electric Guitar, engineer, recording
 * Will Butler - percussion, backing vocals


 * Sarah Neufeld – violin, string arrangements
 * Owen Pallett – violin, string arrangements
 * Michael Olsen – cello
 * Pietro Amato – horn
 * Anita Fust – harp