The Island

"The Island" is the third single from Australian drum & bass band Pendulum to be released from their third studio album, Immersion. It was released on 19 September 2010. "The Island" is a song split into two parts; "Dawn" and "Dusk", with "Dawn" receiving the majority of radio airplay. In a recent interview, Swire stated that the premise of lyrics has to do with "two young lovers" and how they overcome adversity. The single includes remixes by electronic dance DJ and producer Tiësto, and by drum and bass DJ and producer Lenzman. A Steve Angello, AN21 & Max Vangeli remix of the song was released as a digital single on 24 November 2010. To promote the single, Pendulum also held a remix competition, releasing a free pack of remix stems taken from the "Dawn" part which was won by Madeon who was only 16 at the time. The "Dusk" part uses a sample from Missy Elliott's "I'm Really Hot". Devin Townsend used the song as a structural basis for his song 'Save Our Now' from the 2012 album Epicloud.