Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels)


"Neighborhood #1 " is a song by Canadian rock band Arcade Fire, and the first track on their debut album Funeral. It is the first of the four-part "Neighborhood" series found on Funeral. It was the band's first single, released several months before the album as a 7" vinyl record on June 20, 2004, to a pressing of 1500 copies. The B-side to the album is a recording of the song "My Buddy" by swing musician Alvino Rey. Rey is the maternal grandfather of Arcade Fire members Win and William Butler.
Arcade Fire re-issued the single on November 29th, 2019 as part of Record Store Day's Black Friday event. The re-issue charted at #97 on the Scottish Singles Chart.

Critical reception

In August 2009, the song was named #10 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s". In a 2012 Beats Per Minute article on The Essential Arcade Fire, it was named the band's most essential track by writer Lucien Flores. Flores writes, "'Tunnels' has all the elements of a great Arcade Fire song: a head-bobbing rhythm section, lyrics that harken back to an imperfect past, a seamless blend of instruments, and a cathartic coda."

Track listing

7" single
  1. "Neighborhood #1 " - 4:48
  2. "My Buddy" - 2:32

    Personnel

Arcade Fire

Additional musicians