The Gift That Keeps Giving
| "The Gift That Keeps Giving" | ||||
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| Single by Super Furry Animals | ||||
| from the album Hey Venus! | ||||
| Released | 25 December 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Miraval Studios, France | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Super Furry Animals | |||
| Producer(s) | Super Furry Animals with David Newfeld | |||
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"The Gift That Keeps Giving" is a song by Super Furry Animals taken from their 2007 album, Hey Venus!. It was given away as a free download single from the band's official website on Christmas Day 2007.
The song was conceived as a Christmas single as part of the band's plans to make a "pop record" in parent album Hey Venus! The title stems from sessions in 2004 for the extended live version of "The Man Don't Give a Fuck", at which the group's engineer repeatably used the phrase. Critical response to "The Gift That Keeps Giving" was generally positive with the NME claiming it to be one of the best songs on Hey Venus! and BBC Wales describing the track as "brain-bendingly catchy".
A Team D.A.D.D.Y. directed music video was made to accompany the track's release as a single. The video features a spoilt child being showered with Christmas presents while poorer children are shown in tears due to their lack of gifts. Two different endings for the video were produced - in one Santa Claus is shown crucified on a cross while another sees Santa laid on the floor with an arrow through his head.