"Mecha Love" is the first single by British grime

Grime (music)

Grime is a style of music that emerged from Bow, East London, England in the early 2000s, primarily as a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop...

 band Hadouken!

Hadouken!

Hadouken! are an English grime, electronica, dance band who formed in Leeds in October 2006 by singer, writer and producer James Smith, alongside his girlfriend, synth player Alice Spooner, guitarist Daniel "Pilau" Rice, and drummer Nick Rice. The band name is taken from the name of a special...

 to be taken from their currently untitled third studio album. It was released on 18 October 2010.

Release

The band had confirmed several times earlier that they had started work on their third album and that they were demoing tracks. They later stated they had recorded two songs to be released as singles (Mecha Love and Oxygen

Oxygen (Hadouken! song)

"Oxygen" is a single by British new rave band Hadouken!, taken from their upcoming third studio album.-Release:"Oxygen" is the second of two songs that the band had confirmed to be released as singles in 2010, before the rest of their third album is recorded in January 2011.The song was mistakenly...

) before they headed to the studio to record the rest of the album.

The song made its radio debut on Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

, where it was played by Nick Grimshaw

Nick Grimshaw

Nicholas Peter "Nick" Grimshaw is a British television and radio presenter. Commonly known as 'Grimmy', he has presented shows for Channel 4, E4, BBC One, BBC Two and Channel 4 youth strand T4...

 after a chat with James Smith. He then posted the link to the music video on his Facebook

Facebook

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 page.

Music Video

The video for Mecha Love is a 3D

3-D film

A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...

 anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 music video. It features various explosive battles between Mecha

Mecha

A mech , is a science fiction term for a large walking bipedal tank or robot, including ones on treads and animal shapes.-Characteristics:...

 in a futuristic city. The battles grow more violent, and the city is reduced to ruins as a result of the combat. The video itself is a compilation of scenes from the 2004 anime film Appleseed.
Also released was a video named 'PEOPLE ARE AWESOME' which consisted of a compilation of 'awesome people doing incredible things.' The video was accompanied by the song and within ten months of being on YouTube, reached over 31 million views.

Chart Positions

Chart	Peak Position
UK Singles	#130
UK Dance	#20