"Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their debut studio album Lungs (2009).
"Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" features Florence Welch's voice overdubbed with many harmonies in order to sound like a massed choir of one.
[5]As part of the single's promotion, the band performed the song on The Jonathan Ross Show as well as in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.
The single was also performed at numerous festivals across the United Kingdom throughout 2009, including Glastonbury, Electric Picnic, Brighton, T in the Park, Bestival and Reading, among others.
Pitchfork Media wrote that Welch "add[s] some welcomed ambiguity to a Paul Epworth production that stunningly internalizes every pseudo-psych/freakishly-folk trend that's passed through these parts over the last few years.
[9] The music video for "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" was directed by Tom Beard and Queens of Noize's Tabitha Denholm.
[10] It was shot on location at Painshill Park in Cobham, Surrey on May 6, 2009[11][12] Welch told NME that the video shoot had "a twisted mid summer night's dream feel to it.