Drumming Song

Drumming Song is a single from the band's debut album, Lungs. It's the fourth single of the album and seventh track of the album.

The single was nominated for "Best Music Video" (alongside Lady Gaga and Mika) at the Q Awards, which took place on 25 October 2009.

Background
Welch told about the song:"This is about when there's that electricity between you, and a boy, and it's completely unspoken. When they're standing in front of you and you can't breathe, can't think, can't do anything properly. I'm really geeky - if I like someone, I just become incapable. I remember with my first boyfriend, walking past the window of a pub, seeing he was in there and literally throwing myself on the ground and crawling on the floor because I was so scared! I feel things quite intensely, which is probably why the music is quite intense. If I really like someone, I like someone; if I'm sad, I'm sad. I was listening to a lot of hip hop and I wanted to make something that had that kind of beat to it. To me it's the most forward-thinking music around. No one else is moving forward at such pace! Again, it's really Gothic imagery - fairy tales and Edgar Allan Poe [sic] stories. I'd read a lot of Gothic horror when I was a kid.undefined"

Critical Reception
"Drumming Song" received positive feedback from critics. Digital Spy awarded the song 4 stars out of a possible 5: "With the release of 'Drumming Song', the fourth single lifted from Lungs, her forward momentum looks set to continue. A darker and more brooding offering than 'Rabbit Heart', it's a case of drum as metaphor for love as Welch describes an unadulterated and impassioned love affair. "Louder than sirens, louder than bells, sweeter than heaven and hotter than hell," she wails with more enough power and passion to justify all the critical acclaim. NME named the song 48th best track of 2009, saying, "In 'Drumming Song', she created possibly one of the most intensely passionate and physically aching love songs we've ever heard."

Chart Performance
"Drumming Song" was the fourth single released by Florence and the Machine, and following the success of Kiss With A Fist and Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up), the single managed to enter the UK Singles Chart, reaching at a peak of #54.

Track Listing
UK CD Single UK 7" Vinyl Single Digital Download
 * 1) Drumming Song — 3:45
 * 2) Falling (Demo) — 3:48
 * 3) Dog Days Are Over (Acoustic) — 3:58
 * 1) Drumming Song — 3:49
 * 2) My Boy Builds Coffins (Acoustic) — 3:09
 * 1) Drumming Song — 3:44
 * 2) Drumming Song (Acoustic) — 3:52
 * 3) Drumming Song (Boy 8-Bit Remix) — 6:31
 * 4) Drumming Song (Jack Beats Remix) — 5:05
 * 5) Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Acoustic) — 3:53

Official Versions

 * Album Version — 3:43
 * Instrumental — 3:36
 * Acoustic — 3:52
 * Boy 8-Bit Remix — 6:31
 * Jack Beats Remix — 5:05