Michael

About Michael

"Michael" is a song by Franz Ferdinand and was the fourth single released from their debut self-titled album. The song was notable for its homoerotic lyrics such as "stubble on my sticky lips" and "beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor". The singer, Alex Kapranos, stated in an interview to the UK magazine Boyz that the song was written about two friends of his — "It was one night when me and the band were out with friends from Glasgow, and we went to this warehouse dance party thing called Disco X. .

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About this song

Credited to

Franz Ferdinand

Album

Hits To The Head · Track 4 of 20

Released

March 11, 2022

Duration

3:23

Ranking

#7 most played Franz Ferdinand track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

694,198 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Hits To The Head