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"Brother Sport"
Single by Animal Collective
from the album Merriweather Post Pavilion
Released	November 9, 2009
Recorded	February 2008
Genre	Pop, Afrobeat
Length	6:00
Label	Domino
Songwriter(s)	Animal Collective
Producer(s)	Ben H. Allen, Animal Collective
Animal Collective singles chronology
"Summertime Clothes" (2009) "Brother Sport" (2009) "Honeycomb / Gotham" (2012)

"Brother Sport" is the third single from Animal Collective's 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavilion, released on November 9, 2009 by Domino Records. The single is available as a 10" vinyl single and as a digital download. It was written by Panda Bear to encourage his brother into talking about previous ordeals that had troubled him. The single's B-side is a live recording of "Bleed" with an extended jam linking into "What Would I Want? Sky" recorded May 27, 2009 at Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur, CA.

New Musical Express called it a "resplendent orgy of Afrobeat pop with touches of hard house, like Orbital double-dropping with Fela Kuti or Vampire Weekend in space." In 2012, Stereogum ranked the song number two on their list of the 10 greatest Animal Collective songs, and in 2015, Paste ranked the song number one on their list of the 12 greatest Animal Collective songs.

Track listing

References

1. ^ Mackay, Emily (9 January 2009). "Merriweather Post Pavilion". NME. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
2. Animal Collective to Release "Brothersport" Single
3. "Animal Collective". Pitchfork.
4. Animal Collective's Avey Tare Reveals All About New EP, Film, Tour Hiatus
5. Tatusian, Alex (August 31, 2012). "The 10 Best Animal Collective Songs". Stereogum. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
6. Levenson, Max Savage (December 4, 2015). "The 12 Best Animal Collective Songs". Paste. Retrieved May 11, 2022.

• 2009 singles
• Animal Collective songs
• 2009 songs
• Domino Recording Company singles