Lane Boy

"Lane Boy"
Single by Twenty One Pilots
from the album Blurryface
Released May 4, 2015
Format Digital download
Recorded 2014–15
Genre Dubstep,[1] jungle,[1] reggae[1][2]
Length
  • 4:13 (album version)
  • 3:56 (video version)
Label Fueled by Ramen
Writer(s) Tyler Joseph
Producer(s) Ricky Reed
Twenty One Pilots singles chronology
"Stressed Out"
(2015)		 "Lane Boy"
(2015)		 "Ride"
(2015)
Music video
"Lane Boy" on YouTube

"Lane Boy" is a song written and recorded by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, for their fourth studio album, Blurryface. "Lane Boy" was released on YouTube worldwide on May 4, 2015,[3][4] being released as a single on Google Play Store on the same day.[5] The music video was released on July 20, 2015.[6]

Background

"Lane Boy" is a rebuttal of the idea that any band should stay in its "lane". Tyler Joseph will have none of it, and uses this song as a platform to proclaim that he and Josh Dun will not be defined by their earlier musical style.

Music video

The music video for "Lane Boy" is slightly shorter than its album version, and shows Joseph walking with two men behind him in hazmat suits while Dun plays at a concert. Near the end of the video, Joseph joins Dun on stage and the crowd crouches down along with Joseph, afterwards jumping at the same time he does. The music video ends with Joseph performing a short dance and then bowing to the crowd.

The music video contains elements from Coldplay's 2005 music video for the single "Fix You".

Track listing

Digital download / stream
No. Title Length
1. "Lane Boy"   4:13

Personnel

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Peak positions

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[7] 28

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
US Billboard Hot Rock Songs[8] 61

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide[5] May 4, 2015 Fueled by Ramen

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pettigrew, Jason (May 19, 2015). "twenty one pilots - Blurryface". Alternative Press. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ Greene, Andy (January 14, 2016). "Twenty One Pilots: Inside the Biggest New Band of the Past Year". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots - "Lane Boy" (Audio)". YouTube. May 3, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ "twenty one pilots Stream New Song, Lane Boy". Kerrang!. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Twenty One Pilots – Lane Boy". Google Play Store. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots - "Lane Boy" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]". YouTube. July 20, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Twenty One Pilots. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Hot Rock Songs : Dec 31, 2015 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. billboard.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
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