{{infobox song | name = Air War | cover = AirWar.jpeg | alt = | type = single | artist = Crystal Castles | album = Crystal Castles | B-side = XxzxcuZx Me | released = 17 December 2007 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Electronic, chiptune, experimental | length = 4:06 | label = Trouble Records, So Sweet Records | writer = Ethan Kath | producer = Ethan Kath | prev_title = Crimewave | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Courtship Dating | next_year = 2008 }} "'''Air War'''" is a single by Crystal Castles. It was released on 17 December 2007 by Trouble Records as a 7" vinyl. An earlier version of the song was released in July 2006 as the B-Side to "Alice Practice" on Merok Records. The lyrics are from the 1922 James Joyce novel ''Ulysses'' in Chapter 11: Sirens. The cover art gathered public interest because of the odd picture of Ethan Kath and Alice Glass with ice cream cones as heads.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
The song was used as the advertisement soundtrack of "Toshiba Product Technology: Time Sculpture".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.coloribus.com/adsarchive/tv-commercials/toshiba-product-technology-time-sculpture-12610755/ |title=Toshiba Product Technology: "TIME SCULPTURE" Film by Grey London |access-date=2018-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321192623/https://www.coloribus.com/adsarchive/tv-commercials/toshiba-product-technology-time-sculpture-12610755/ |archive-date=2018-03-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The one-minute-long video was directed by Mitch Stratten.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Toshiba: Time Sculpture|url=http://archive.themill.com/portfolio/1737/time-sculpture|access-date=2021-06-30|website=The Mill|language=en}}</ref> The video shows an empty room that features people making repeated movements.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Close-Up: Live issue - Toshiba eschews the 'big idea' for technology|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/close-up-live-issue---toshiba-eschews-big-idea-technology/864363|access-date=2021-06-30|website=www.campaignlive.co.uk}}</ref> The advertisement was released to promote Toshiba's high-definition television upscaling technology in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-11-10|title=Toshiba showcases world's first 'timesculpture' advert|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/nov/10/toshiba-timesculpture-advert|access-date=2021-06-30|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
The song was featured on the UEFA Euro 2008 video game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UEFA Euro 2008 {{!}} Tunefind |url=https://www.tunefind.com/game/uefa-euro-2008-2008 |access-date=2026-03-17 |website=www.tunefind.com}}</ref>
== Music video == The music video was cancelled from being released. Made in 2006, the producer threw out the video due to its cover art leaking onto the Internet. The video shows Kath and Glass walking in the street with ice cream cone heads and giving people melting ice cream. It ends with Ethan and Alice entering an interdimensional portal and turning into ice cream cones. The video features a demo version of the song "Air War".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crystal Castles /// Air War /// Dir. ?|url=https://videos.antville.org/stories/1747979/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=videos.antville.org}}</ref>
==Track listing== ===7": Trouble UK === {{Track listing | collapsed = | headline = | all_writing = | all_lyrics = | all_music = | title1 = Air War | length1 = 4:06 | title2 = Air War (David Wolf Remix) | length2 = 3:16 }}
===CD: So Sweet UK === {{Track listing | collapsed = | headline = | all_writing = | all_lyrics = | all_music = | title1 = Air War | length1 = 4:06 | title2 = XxzxcuZx Me | length2 = 1:53 }}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Crystal Castles}} {{Ulysses}} {{authority control}}
Category:Crystal Castles songs Category:2007 songs Category:2008 singles Category:Songs written by Ethan Kath Category:Works based on Ulysses (novel) Category:Music based on novels Category:Music based on works by James Joyce