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In an interview with Rene Passet, Boards of Canada explained that "the color of the fire" "was a reference to a friend's psychedelic experience." ([[Forcefield 1998]])
  
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The vocal sample in this track is believed to have been sampled from a [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] vignette, in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out.
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* In an interview with Rene Passet, [[Boards of Canada]] explained that "[[The Color of the Fire]]" was a reference to a friend's psychedelic experience.<ref>[[Forcefield 1998]]</ref>
 
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* One of the main melodies is lifted from a section of the song Dutch Flats from this Soper Sound Music Library release.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/8496064-Unknown-Artist-Series-1-Variety</ref>
 
  
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==Samples / Lyrics ==
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Segments of the track were used to promote the Nissan Primera "Statistics" advert directed by Chris Cunningham.
  
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*The vocal sample in this track was sampled from a [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out. The end of this sample is also used in the track "[[Niagara]]" from the ''[[BoC Maxima]]'' tape.
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== References ==
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* [http://www.ukshowreels.tv/reels/play.php?file_id=472710&reel_id=472619 "Statistics" from ukshowreels.tv]
  
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==Trivia==
 
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* Segments of the track were used to promote the [[Videos#Nissan|Nissan Primera "Statistics" advert]] directed by Chris Cunningham.
 
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