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<div>{{Infobox Song|<br />
| name=Dayvan Cowboy<br />
| runtime=5:00<br />
| appearson=[[The Campfire Headphase]]<br>[[Trans Canada Highway]]}}<br />
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[[Image:Dayvan-cowboy-video-still.jpg|left|thumb|200px|still from the [[Dayvan Cowboy]] video]]<br />
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== Comments ==<br />
* "[[Dayvan Cowboy]]" is considered by many to be [[Boards of Canada]]'s first mainstream single.<br />
* This song was remixed by [[Wikipedia:Odd Nosdam|Odd Nosdam]] on the [[Trans Canada Highway]] EP. It was the first remix of [[Boards of Canada]] to appear on any of their releases. <br />
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== Video ==<br />
* A video for "[[Dayvan Cowboy]]" was released as a promo DVD, included with Warpmart pre-orders of the ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'' EP. For more information, see [[Videos]].<br />
* The first half of the video shows footage of [[Wikipedia:Joseph Kittinger|Captain Joseph Kittinger]]'s skydiving from the ''Excelsior III'', a gondola raised by balloons to 102,800 feet as part of [[Wikipedia:Project Excelsior|Project Excelsior]] (a series of record-breaking dives from high-altitude). Captain Kittinger fell for 14 minutes and 36 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 614 mph before opening his parachute at 18,000 feet.<br />
* The second half of the video shows footage of big-wave surfer [[Wikipedia:Laird Hamilton|Laird Hamilton]].<br />
*The final scene of the sun setting was taken from the surfing documentary [[imdb:Crystal Voyager|Crystal Voyager]].<br />
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== Cultural References ==<br />
[[Image:Day-van-chevrolet-astro-van.jpg|none|thumb|200px|A Day Van is a discontinued make of Chevrolet Astro van]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://www.warprecords.com/dayvancowboy/ Official Dayvan Cowboy download page] from Warp Records.</div>474747