"The Captain" is the third single from Biffy Clyro's fifth studio album, Only Revolutions, released on 26 October 2009.

The B-side "Help Me Be Captain" is an early, more raw sounding, version of the song without brass instruments.

"The Captain" was released on 26 October 2009 as the third single from Biffy Clyro's fifth album Only Revolutions.

The music video for "The Captain" depicts Simon Neil as a prisoner aboard a ship inhabited by pirates and other maritime characters.

As the video carries on, a fight erupts between two factions aboard the ship and in the chaos, Ben and James steal a key held by the ship's captain and free Simon from his jail cell.