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"'''Sixtyten'''" is the sixth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s debut studio album, ''[[Music has the Right to Children]]''.
  
 
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== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
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*Samples a sound effect from the 1958 horror film Terror from the Year 5000 (found by Twoism user Timbomb)<ref>{{#ev:youtube|nch8WxwcRBk|720|||||false}}</ref>
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*Samples a sound effect from the 1958 horror film Terror from the Year 5000 (found by Twoism user Timbob)<ref>{{#ev:youtube|nch8WxwcRBk|720|||||false}}</ref>
 
*Samples the song "[https://youtu.be/xN_3nib4r3Y Getaway]" by [[wikipedia:Earth, Wind & Fire|Earth, Wind & Fire]]<ref>{{#ev:youtube|xN_3nib4r3Y|480||||start=0|false}}</ref>
 
*Samples the song "[https://youtu.be/xN_3nib4r3Y Getaway]" by [[wikipedia:Earth, Wind & Fire|Earth, Wind & Fire]]<ref>{{#ev:youtube|xN_3nib4r3Y|480||||start=0|false}}</ref>
 
**Throughout the song is a voice sample saying "What you", followed by "It's alright"
 
**Throughout the song is a voice sample saying "What you", followed by "It's alright"
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*Also samples the song "[https://youtu.be/2IbTNgdxrpc On Your Face]" by Earth, Wind & Fire from the same album (forwards at 2:27, reversed at 3:28 and elsewhere in the song).<ref>{{#ev:youtube|2IbTNgdxrpc|480||||start=0|false}}</ref>
 
*Also samples the song "[https://youtu.be/2IbTNgdxrpc On Your Face]" by Earth, Wind & Fire from the same album (forwards at 2:27, reversed at 3:28 and elsewhere in the song).<ref>{{#ev:youtube|2IbTNgdxrpc|480||||start=0|false}}</ref>
 
**When the sample is reversed and corrected for pitch "Keep a smiling face" plays at 3:28 in Sixtyten, taken from 1:10 in On Your Face. <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9835</ref>
 
**When the sample is reversed and corrected for pitch "Keep a smiling face" plays at 3:28 in Sixtyten, taken from 1:10 in On Your Face. <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9835</ref>
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*Samples vintage "Many Me's" [[Sesame Street]] vignette<ref>{{#ev:youtube|QZyRR-18EVU|480||||start=0|false}}</ref>
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*Samples vintage "Many Me's" [[Sesame Street]] vignette.
 
**Backwards: "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the mad me, when I get angry."  
 
**Backwards: "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the mad me, when I get angry."  
 
**Same Sesame Street vignette as "[[Whitewater]]" lyrics
 
**Same Sesame Street vignette as "[[Whitewater]]" lyrics
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* The separate vignette at the end of the track is believed to be a composition named "[[Blueberry]]".<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25</ref>
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* The separate vignette at the end of the track, which it shares with "[[Twoism (song)|Twoism]]", is believed to be a composition named "[[Blueberry]]".<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25</ref>
 
*May sample a vocal shot of Colonel Abrams "[[Trapped]]"
 
*May sample a vocal shot of Colonel Abrams "[[Trapped]]"
 
**Throughout the track, the phrase "what you're" can be heard, slightly pitched up and with a possible slight vocoder effect. Credit to Brady Brignac for this discovery. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/5oxvsq/found_a_boc_sample/</ref>
 
**Throughout the track, the phrase "what you're" can be heard, slightly pitched up and with a possible slight vocoder effect. Credit to Brady Brignac for this discovery. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/5oxvsq/found_a_boc_sample/</ref>
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* "[[Sixtyten]]" is 70 (a literal translation of the french word for seventy 'soixante dix'). You'll hear this in "[[Aquarius]]" too. A reference to [[Music70]], [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]'s own label. See comments on "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" in ''[[Geogaddi]]''.
 
* "[[Sixtyten]]" is 70 (a literal translation of the french word for seventy 'soixante dix'). You'll hear this in "[[Aquarius]]" too. A reference to [[Music70]], [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]'s own label. See comments on "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" in ''[[Geogaddi]]''.
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* [[Sixtyten]] shares the same ending tune as ''[[Twoism (song)]]''.
 
  
 
== Videos ==
 
== Videos ==
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== See Also ==
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* "[[Whitewater]]"
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* "[[Blueberry]]"
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* "[[Trapped]]"
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* "[[Aquarius]]"
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* [[Music70]]
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* "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]"
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* ''[[Geogaddi]]''
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* [[Sesame Street]]
  
 
== External links==
 
== External links==

Latest revision as of 01:59, 6 July 2026

Sixtyten
Running time 5:48
Appears on Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Next Turquoise Hexagon Sun
Prev Triangles and Rhombuses


"Sixtyten" is the sixth track on Boards of Canada's debut studio album, Music has the Right to Children.

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Samples / Lyrics[edit]

  • Samples a sound effect from the 1958 horror film Terror from the Year 5000 (found by Twoism user Timbob)[1]
  • Samples the song "Getaway" by Earth, Wind & Fire[2]
    • Throughout the song is a voice sample saying "What you", followed by "It's alright"
    • "I know we can!" plays at 2:17 in Sixtyten as well as in Getaway.
  • Also samples the song "On Your Face" by Earth, Wind & Fire from the same album (forwards at 2:27, reversed at 3:28 and elsewhere in the song).[3]
    • When the sample is reversed and corrected for pitch "Keep a smiling face" plays at 3:28 in Sixtyten, taken from 1:10 in On Your Face. [4]
  • Samples vintage "Many Me's" Sesame Street vignette.
    • Backwards: "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the mad me, when I get angry."
    • Same Sesame Street vignette as "Whitewater" lyrics
  • The separate vignette at the end of the track, which it shares with "Twoism", is believed to be a composition named "Blueberry".[5]
  • May sample a vocal shot of Colonel Abrams "Trapped"
    • Throughout the track, the phrase "what you're" can be heard, slightly pitched up and with a possible slight vocoder effect. Credit to Brady Brignac for this discovery. [6]

Trivia[edit]

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See Also[edit]

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References[edit]

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  4. ↑ http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9835
  5. ↑ http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25
  6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/5oxvsq/found_a_boc_sample/
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