"You Are a Tourist" is a song by American rock band Death Cab for Cutie, the first single from their seventh album Codes and Keys, released on March 28, 2011.

[1] The song's original demo contained a sample from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Dazzle Ships (1983), and was shared online by Gibbard via SoundCloud in 2016.

[4] The song debuted on Seattle radio station 107.7 The End on March 28, 2011,[5] and was available for digital download the following day.

Strands of reversed noise bubble under drummer Jason McGerr's impeccable time-keeping, and an army of effects-smeared guitar overdubs wiggle together in an irresistible groove.

"[8] Larry Fitzmaurice at Pitchfork felt the song sounded like a "generic version of the band from an earlier era.