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Aug 8 2008 01:00 PM ET

Oh no! 'Paper Planes' has gone M.I.A. from 'Pineapple Express'?!

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Aww, man. I didn’t want to believe it when I read yesterday afternoon that M.I.A.’s "Paper Planes" might not appear in Pineapple Express. I mean, it’s a truly awesome song, and it worked so well in the movie trailers. But alas, I hopped aboard the Express at a late screening last night, and the tune that helped spark up that oh-so-necessary trailer buzz was indeed nowhere to be heard. This is tragic, if not quite as bad as this spring’s unspeakably wrong Ghostface/Iron Man incident. Anyway, you should all go see Pineapple Express, because it is a pretty hilarious movie. But be warned, fans of genre-defying Sri Lankan/English pop: You might be in for a little disappointment in that department.

Any other moviegoers missing "Paper Planes"? For old times’ sake, here’s the trailer that started it all (skip to 1:13 for the M.I.A. goodness)…

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  • Christine
    Fri 08/08/08 2:34 PM

    I, too, was dissapointed that Paper Planes didn’t make it into the movie. It was still hilarious, but that song is so much fun that it’s hard not to miss it.

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  • Secondrink
    Fri 08/08/08 3:18 PM

    Man! Are you serious? That was the best part of the trailer. And I heard that she might retire from music. Wth?

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  • Ben Joseph
    Fri 08/08/08 3:51 PM

    Sin City did the same thing w/ their trailer.

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  • Marc
    Fri 08/08/08 3:59 PM

    WTF? I saw the movie yesterday and was equally surprised/disappointed by the song’s absence. That song totally helped sell that trailer. The funny thing is, at first I had no idea which song it was and had to look it up on the internet. Turns out, it was on the very MIA cd I’d bought last December on a whim; it had appeared on lots of critics’ year-end lists and I figured I’d give it a shot. I’d forgotten I’d even bought the cd but have since given it the attention it deserves. Good album, great song, and Pineapple Express’ loss.

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  • Los
    Fri 08/08/08 4:07 PM

    If you really are going to see a movie just to hear a song, first off, HUH?! Secondly, save yourself $11, stay home and get the track off of iTunes. This is just like people being disappointed about the Staind song that was in the trailer for The Punisher, but not in the movie (which confuses the hell out of me because the artist being looked foward to was STAIND, and the movie the money was wasted on was THE PUNISHER). People should know by now that songs heard in the trailers don’t always get in the movies, and that’s probably because it wouldn’t fit in the flow of the movie, regardless if it worked nicely for the trailer (remember Jay-Z’s ‘Aint No Love’ for the American Gangster trailer? That song wouldn’t necessarily fit for that movie’s era setting, would it?) However I must admit, MIA’s song was a perfect choice for Pineapple’s trailer. But judging by all the good stuff I’m hearing about the movie, I’m sure I can manage without it.

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  • alex
    Fri 08/08/08 4:42 PM

    that song has no bearing on whether i’d see the movie or not – i go to see movies for the MOVIE, not the soundtrack. unless it was like, a movie about music…personally, i don’t what all the fuss is about when it comes to M.I.A. – the song is catchy, but it’s not mindblowing. i loathe pretentious music snobs trying to herald someone who is marginally talented as the next coming or something.

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  • Rose Tyler
    Fri 08/08/08 5:15 PM

    It was one of the most brilliant uses of a song in movie trailer but I didn’t assume that the song would be in the movie. It isn’t really that rare that a song used a movie trailer isn’t actually in the movie. Everyone should do themselves a favor and buy both of MIA’s albums.

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  • Chris G
    Fri 08/08/08 5:53 PM

    i love that song too, after i saw the movie i had to go download it on itunes

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  • Devin
    Fri 08/08/08 10:43 PM

    I actually heard “Paper Planes” a long time before it was used in the “Pineapple Express” trailer. I’m kinda irritated that now it is popular because people associate it with smoking pot when the song is actually about immigration, just because the song mentions getting “high like planes.” But oh well, I guess the more people who listen to M.I.A. the better.

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  • Nick
    Thu 08/14/08 5:46 PM

    The song was in the friggin’ COMMERCIAL. Why does that mean it HAS to be in the movie?
    That’s stOOpid.
    http://www.thelittlestwinslow.wordpress.com

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  • monica
    Sun 08/17/08 3:36 AM

    i really liked the mix of that song with the trailer, but the movie does have a great soundtrack, so i don’t mind it being absent.

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  • G Figley
    Thu 09/11/08 7:41 AM

    It really is a great song. Especially when High. Perfectfor Pineapple.

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  • Crystal
    Wed 01/07/09 3:07 PM

    why does it say sticks and stones and weed and bongs if its not associated with weed?

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