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{{Short description|2006 single by Placebo}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Infra-Red
| cover      = Infraredsinglecover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]
| album      = [[Meds (album)|Meds]]
| released   = {{start date|2006|6|19|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=33|date=17 June 2006}}</ref>
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres -->
| length     = 3:17
| label      = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| writer     =
* [[Steve Hewitt]]
* [[Brian Molko]]
* [[Stefan Olsdal]]
| producer   = [[Dimitri Tikovoi]]
| prev_title = [[Song to Say Goodbye]]
| prev_year  = 2006
| next_title = [[Meds (song)|Meds]]
| next_year  = 2006
}}
"'''Infra-Red'''" is a song by English [[alternative rock]] band [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], released on 19 June 2006 as the third single from their fifth studio album ''[[Meds (album)|Meds]]''.
==Release==
The song peaked at number 42 in the UK,<ref name="UK chart">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/placebo/ |title=Placebo <nowiki>| Artist |</nowiki> Official Charts |website=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=3 July 2013}}</ref> number 35 on the U.S. [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} and number 91 in Germany.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} It was nominated for the [[Kerrang! Award for Best Single]]. A live version of the song is available on the ''Live at La Cigale'' EP.
==Music video==
[[File:Placebo-Infrared-0m-59s.png|thumb|left|Screenshot from 0:59s]]
The music video features businessmen apparently conspiring against the public. They observe a computer disk containing a graphic of a [[DNA]] molecule with a hazardous [[Ligand (biochemistry)|ligand]]. Meanwhile, a group of ants interfere with their computer equipment. A character, identified as a corporate executive president, gives a press conference with the help of a computerized prompter, but the ants' interference causes the prompter to say "I lied to you. We are the enemy", which the president reads.<ref>{{youtube|8ClBd4jvNYU|Placebo - Infra-Red HD (Official)}}</ref>
==Track listings==
'''7-inch'''
# "Infra-Red"
# "Infra-Red" (Call the Ambulance Remix)
'''CD'''
# "Infra-Red"
# "Infra-Red" (Hotel Persona Remix)
'''Maxi CD'''
# "Infra-Red"
# "Infra-Red" (The Waltmann Remix)
# "Song to Say Goodbye" (River & Tears Remix)
'''DVD single'''
# "Infra-Red" (video)
# "Song to Say Goodbye" (extended video)
# Behind the scenes footage and interviews from the "Infra-Red" video shoot
# "Song to Say Goodbye" (River & Tears Remix)
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Infra-Red"
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=219}}</ref>
| 52
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|7|artist=Placebo|song=Infra-Red|rowheader=true|access-date=6 September 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|75|songid=182041|artist=Placebo|song=Infra-Red|rowheader=true|access-date=6 September 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|Italy|40|artist=Placebo|song=Infra-Red|rowheader=true|access-date=6 September 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|26|date=20060625|rowheader=true|access-date=6 September 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|42|date=20060625|rowheader=true|access-date=6 September 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|35|artist=Placebo|rowheader=true|access-date=6 September 2022}}
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Discogs master|76206|Infra-Red|type=single}}
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[[Category:Placebo (band) songs]]
[[Category:2006 singles]]
[[Category:2006 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Brian Molko]]
[[Category:Songs written by Stefan Olsdal]]
[[Category:Songs written by Steve Hewitt]]
[[Category:Virgin Records singles]]