Ice Cream
Battles feat. Matias Aguayo Lyrics

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Like a tight, tight, tight!
Like a
Like a right, right, right!

Dame un helado derritiéndose
Dame un helado derritiéndose
Dame un helado derritiéndose
Dame un helado derritiéndose

Dame un helado derritiéndose
Dame un helado derritiéndose
Dame un helado derritiéndose

Simple yes my friend!
Dame un helado derritiéndose
Simple yes my friend!
Dame un helado derritiéndose
Like a right, right, right!
Dame un helado derritiéndose

My momma, overnight, night, night

Dame un helado derritiéndose
Dame un helado
Dame un helado derritiéndose
Dame un helado
Dame un helado derritiéndose

Dame un helado derritiéndose, dame un helado
Dame un helado derritiéndose, dame un helado
Dame un helado derritiéndose, dame un helado
Dame un helado derritiéndose, dame un helado
Dame un helado derritiéndose, dame un helado
Dame un helado derritiéndose, dame un helado
Dame un helado derritiéndose, dame un helado

Simple yes my friend!
Dame un helado derritiéndose, dame un helado
Simple yes my friend!
Dame un helado derritiéndose, dame un helado

Dame un helado derritiéndose
Dame un helado derritiéndose

Overall Meaning

The song "Ice Cream" by Battles feat. Matias Aguayo has Spanish and English lyrics, and the meaning of the song is open to interpretation. However, the repetitive phrase "Dame un helado derritiéndose" translates to "Give me a melting ice cream." The phrase gets repeated throughout the song, creating almost an obsessive or trance-like state for the listener. The repeated use of "tight" and "right" could be interpreted as the feeling of being in a moment that is perfect and unyielding. Overall, the song seems like a celebration of something simple and sweet.

Line by Line Meaning

Like a tight, tight, tight!
Repeating the word 'tight' three times to emphasize a feeling of intense pressure or confinement.

Dame un helado derritiéndose
Asking for a melting ice cream in Spanish.

Simple yes my friend!
Expressing agreement with a simple and easy request.

My momma, overnight, night, night
A non sequitur thought or memory about the artist's mother that is unrelated to the rest of the song.

Dame un helado
Asking for an ice cream in Spanish.

Lyrics © WARP MUSIC LIMITED
Written by: MATIAS AGUAYO, IAN T WILLIAMS, JOHN D STANIER, DAVID KONOPKA

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@zealotking67

4y↑123

"Remember, licking doorknobs is illegal on other planets" -Spongebob

@paullemay6596

4y↑5

And this planet now too :/

@robertdennys8994

4y↑150

Pandemic-era rewatching gives those surface-licking shots a very visceral charge

@grimes3981

3y↑4

100% thought this just now

@barbarahawrot7568

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Message in a bottle
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@jpoolerdom

Are we just ignoring the perishable dairy product wrestling?

@apullcan

3y↑22

I enjoy listening to ice cream while I eat Battles.

@damagejacked

5y↑22

Kind of a combo here: my all time favorite song with a video directed by my favorite directing crew, CANADA. This has never left my playlist since the day it came out.

@Kaelygon

3y↑19

Nobody:
Sims in shower: Dameunheladoderritiendose

@JordanPool13

9y↑79

This video is a test to see how far in the gutter your mind has gone.

@laurelalloro

7y↑16

Pretty far.

@combustinghandshakes8617

7y↑1

Real far.

@fredblankly7551

7y↑1

Still going.. was this catalyst,
Supposed to serve as a sign to stop.
Or just a waypoint to a further melt?

@BoogSReviews

I was wondering the same thing. I think there’s metaphors in the video? Either that or weird trippy crap randomly put in a video that we’re putting to much thought into.

@universalash333

Always will love this song and the video! So high vibrational!🔥

@NicCollinsFilms

2y↑3

One of the greatest pieces of music ever produced and one of the greatest music videos ever directed

@ranotraino

4y↑12

My mind is just Ice Cream by Battles on a loop

@bumparchive

4y↑12

I remember when this song was always on the intro schedule for Adult Swim in 2011. I also heard it on a Level Up Commercial on CN.

@Be_You.

5y↑12

I’ve never experienced anything like this before, your music just gives off an abundance of adrenaline; I love it! 🤟🏼

@ejicon

9y↑43

Is there a way to see how many times users paused this video!? Ha.excellent!

@NoJoshinJoshy

9y↑33

ian is too fucking cool for any damn school. he doesn't even try. he just is

@Featinwe

5y↑23

Absolute masterpiece in montage... I really wish they were still making such video-clips...

@heyeverybodee

7y↑56

What if Battles and The Flaming lips had a baby? Would it open a portal?

@NewGrooveVinylClub

3y↑2

Don’t sully Battles name by comparing them to The Lips. Wayne has done his best to destroy their reputation the past ten years.

@apullcan

3y↑3

@@NewGrooveVinylClub Don't you go sullying The Flaming Lips' name either, dude. Their output hasn't been perfect, but they've released enough genre-defining psychedelic pop records to get away with it. We probably wouldn't have Battles (as they currently are, at least) if it wasn't for them.

@NewGrooveVinylClub

3y↑2

@@apullcan I'm not going to say genre-defining records. I love the shit out of a lot of their records but I think if we are talking about genre-defining 90s pschedeelic pop records it's going to multiple bands part of the Elephant Six collective in Athens or like The Beta Band.

Maybe "Yoshimi" you could call genre-defining when it comes to indie bands using electronic elements in a more pop forward fashion while not leaning into full-blown electronic territory. You can draw a line from Yoshimi to MGMT or like all the crap bands followed MGMT's first album. And there's production techniques on that album I think would go on to be used more but I'm giving that to Dave Friedman because I've listened to other Dave Friedman productions and that is his thing.

Wayne can right some good lyrics, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying he is a really cringey piece of shit these days. Whenever I see people making fun of Jeff Tweedy for being this lame dad these days (not the Wilco fan), I always think its so much better than shit Wayne is trying to do to hold on to relevance. And I'm pretty sure Wayne finally started cocaine or doing it regularly in his 40s which is a recipe for disaster. You start doing it in your early to mid 20s like the rest of us.

@rickb.4168

3y↑14

Listening to ‘Close to the edge’ by Yes. Battles are very reminiscent of this. Both are great by the way!

@mawtymawty9010

Rick Wakeman had the best keyboard tones, definitely hear them here. Battles probably has the best sounding keys of any modern band

@meirsolomon5626

3y↑11

The more I hear this band the more I like them.

@RobOsTheGreat

This goes for any band, actually.

@mysterious_mushroom_1102

1y↑2

@@RobOsTheGreat not every band.. most of the bands when i heard one of their songs i really like it, but when i listen to their other songs i will get disappointed..

@kroilito

21w

@@mysterious_mushroom_1102yeah there are many one hit wonders out there

@Rosalina102798

5y↑3

Consistently pushing the mold of rock to new heights and experiences.

@chevychased6391

5y↑16

If sounds could smell this is what they would feel like.

@Alex-hn3cy

9y↑139

American Apparel's new ad campaign.

@blaskoxx4954

6y↑2

Blahahaha!

@mrnine9zero397

7y↑8

This Video Gives Me A Rush Of Energy

@thecinematicmind

3y↑9

10 YEARS OF A CHARMING CLASSIC

@user-ud7ru9ph7x

5y↑23

La habré escuchado más de mil veces, y nunca me di cuenta de que estaba cantando en español.

@barbaragreau3119

5y↑5

Yo creia que decía dame un helado derritiéndose xd
Y en verdad dice eso xd

@chinchirap2

2y↑1

Yo pensé que no tenía ni un sentido lo que decía xd

@denizduyum636

7y↑10

okay but its 4am and I'm loving this song too much

@izbavitelj1464

2y↑6

This song and video describe exactly how my effing brain works. This spot is on my permanent playlist. When I die and they upload me to the metaverse underworld I want this song to play in the background.

@edbegley5858

8y↑50

1:33 wow man that is brilliant

@yovanilopezsf4129

I thought the same, Lloyd Tate. Haha

@Yuurgens

5y↑55

I hate that this is my first time ever seeing this video. Art is fun, I tell ya.

@ejicon3099

4y↑3

So are drugs.

@reecewilkinson9519

@@ejicon3099 not mixed with this video thought I was gonna die

@SolidariusLive

Fifa Commericals were fun once. XD

@maciejciemborowicz

1y↑1

Give me back these times...

@RACHEL-gm2mc

8y↑66

A E S T H E T I C

@dvepps6780

8y↑2

love Canada's video's, too. great group

@EdwoodCA

6y↑3

If I didn't have ADD before... I do now.
Cool song. The video is overload in many parts. Damn.

@BoogSReviews

6y↑13

Love this song. Also Rip to the lady who licked the pine cone 😂

@HaonProductions

43w

The song of the summer, 13 years running

@gremlin510

4y↑15

It took me 9 years to find this after Adult Swim

@gremlin510

@Anthony Nazaradeh feels great

@MartinfdeZ81

3y↑1

Welcome sir

@q3triad910

7y↑252

The best dad band ever

@ApocalypseMoose

5y↑20

2:29 BUT THAT'S ILLEGAL ON OTHER PLANETS!

@21schizoidman43

2y↑3

I love this band

@Hipochacco

2y↑1

this song makes me super happy

@dogheart_ii9301

5y↑133

Oh my god, after years of watching this video, only now did I realise that the all the justaposed images from 1:20-1:36 of the video makes an ice-cream cone, and also the girl dancing with herself

@FALL-LAFF-7477

5y↑14

From 1:16, you can see many montages are also build up to ice cream cone shape too.

@cosmogrammar

5y↑10

HOLY SHIT thanks for pointing this out.

@damagejacked

5y↑1

Also the overlays go from simple to compels just as the girl’s superimposed images become more complex

@8nayrb

@@FALL-LAFF-7477 Right, because it's about older guys wanting to fuck young girls but not because they think about it but we are visual creatures. + and that is their thing but you can't talk about it bounced on my boy all day,. pitter patter

@ejicon3099

Goood catch.

@jamesfield2442

7y↑3

Damn these guys groove too hard

@TheLonlyNipple

8y↑4

i fail to put into words the incredible feelings this song makes me feel :O

@robertatkins815

5y↑1

I saw these guys live and it was a total experience

@brunosantos9551

7y↑2

this video is so pretty im going to cry

@michaelsinclair2731

5y↑1

Excellent song
Excellent video

@grapes4832

4y↑2

Absurd. I love it.

@dillonskye3236

9y↑4

Only 9 comments? Wtf? This was the highlight of the year when it came out....

@michaeljennings4613

5y↑1

love you Battles. please come back to MN!!!

@lenonel3286

4y↑2

this video must've awaken a lot of things in a lot of people

@paolam.gonzalezc.529

i love this song. wooow!!! really!!! is wonderful

@GoopyMcGooperson

3y↑15

whoever directed this should get into making stock video clips for a living

@pupe26

9y↑42

como un helado derritiendose

@funkyfox7996

heard this song while picking up some produce from a farm in tucsuon. loved it then and still love it

@_campesinox

This is spectacular

@davidl6332

Cheers from Mexico ::

@baser_oner8826

5y↑2

Mano ese intro es encantador.

@r3m6f9

uno de los videos mas brutales... son unos duros

@andym9615

this video is too precious to be enjoyable

@vasilijevujcic6464

how good is this fffff

@sander5601

38w

Amazing!

@roopertrooperviolencejack6281

8y↑48

Comoh unh helladowh derritiiehndose

@sliedogg

6y↑1

So glad I'm stoned this is fucking awesome

@torrapa

Battles es la verdad.

@mcveenman

hahaha that was fantastic

@moritzzz1

Just like an ice cream melting to the Sun

@jazzpup8288

Ya baby ya

@masterrikki6900

I always lose this song then can't find it for years I'M NEVER LOSING IT AGAIN 😭😭😭

@pinoakikoyajima

Mode quarantine, ice cream 🍦🍦

@noahalliston3838

2y↑3

Your music defies any kind of genre label, it's uncanny. Thank you Battles.

@Just.Kidding

49w

"Experimental Rock" applies pretty well, though that is a very very broad genre

@vitovtwik

7y↑10

I want to have a beer with them

@Ragnarok540

But they would probably have LSD instead.

@KitsGravity

4y↑4

The only video which starts with the thumbnail

@Karpify

1y↑1

The ending of this song sounds like the beginning of a TV on the Radio song

@MrClarkGable

8y↑117

One does not simply understand the lyrics

@hectorplasma1979

4y↑4

Simple. Yes; my friend.

@MasterGeekMX

3y↑3

Like an ice cream melting. That is literally what it says all the time.

@korkenknopfus

3y↑2

“Como un helado derritiéndose”

@myautobiographyafanfic1413

3y↑3

It's not the words that you should follow, it's your insides. You're just an inside.

@candlerredden

@@myautobiographyafanfic1413 Peacebone reference

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@neuron05

Very nice drumming

@iamsagid

10y↑4

Cool!

@onezerosevensix

indubitably

@mrmrmryes

Mathrock is a very new genre to me and so far it sounds good

@rileyrogers7426

True art

@jackgillespie3431

4y↑3

All the Licking of random objects stresses me out during COVID-19🙈😅

@sunepedersen8537

7y↑6

they should form a band. this is awesome

@Benjit1992

Good job.

@ZwienerZ

9y↑132

How can anyone NOT like this song?!?

@leonmichos4412

+ZwienerZ agreed!

@GabrielCastillo

totally agree

@Tetrapodbomb

+ZwienerZ I hear 311. I stop liking.

@TumblahUnicorn

8y↑23

It sounds kind of awful, actually

@len2204

Someone had to say it!!

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@jusbe47

Still love this.

@x1legoman1x

9y↑6

what a hell! Only 8 107 views?! WTF? Im wondering why I don't hear it on the radio...

@JordanPool13

9y↑2

+John Lipski This song has been around for a long time, it looks like Battles claimed copyright on the other version that was posted several years ago and reuploaded it on their own channel.

@moisescorral8297

There's better music than this that gets even less views. The world has bad taste.

@stop4504

8y↑1

this is nice

@_sologrow

Not bad. Atlas and The Yabba are still personal favs.!

@Nevalster

I remember listening to this song back in 2011 while watching adult swim

@piccionigrassi

Ah uh oh ah oh uh ahuhu

@oooooguzzzzz

5y↑1

anybody noticed the ice cream formation on the floor by the previous shapes? nice!

@Alix777.

2y↑2

2:29 this was definitely before the pandemic era

@user-vr4fh4vc3x

GOOD!

@4pri792

5y↑6

I'm going to get all 3 flavours on vinyl no matter how much it costs.

@LucasQuiroga

8y↑10

Dame un helado derritiéndose

@sequinlan7

6y↑1

"Give me melted ice cream"

@Ipoop7colors

7y↑4

2:04 Reminds me of Tina from Bob's Burgers

@thebrittdrake

2y↑1

I keep seeing adds for photo editing that look JUST like the layered choreography in this video. Trying to find out who that was.

@sakealamsake7051

Nice video

@xfist2facex

8y↑47

Lots of similarities with El Guincho's Bombay...? late 70s, 80s and 90s feels.

@gregadactyl

8y↑1

Was just wondering the same thing. Maybe the same director?

@pdcichosz

8y↑8

Directed and produced by Canada. Check out their channel on vimeo, a lot of twisted stuff there ;) https://vimeo.com/lawebdecanada

@cipher_db8992

4y↑1

I know I'm three years late on this, but I've always thought this as well, and was just checking to see if they had the same director. They've both been two of my favorite music videos for years. Same preoccupation with visuals for life/death, vintage pop-culture aesthetics, and a kind of off-kilter sexuality/focus on sexual power dynamics.