Your Ex-Lover Is Dead was the sixth single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 released by the Canadian indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 group Stars. It is the opening track on the album, Set Yourself on Fire

Set Yourself on Fire

Set Yourself on Fire is the third album by Canadian indie rock band Stars. It was released in 2004 on the Arts & Crafts International record label in Canada and the United Kingdom, and in 2005 in the United States....

. The track begins with the voice of lead singer Torquil's father Douglas Campbell

Douglas Campbell (actor)

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 saying, "When there is nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire." The song was listed as the 298th best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

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. The music video shows the band lying on their backs, playing their instruments, while on ice outdoors. The video is reminiscent of scenes from the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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The song was featured on the Season 5 finale of the popular Canadian teen drama

Teen drama

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 series Degrassi: The Next Generation

Degrassi: The Next Generation

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. This track is also featured on the album Music from the OC: Mix 5. On the first season

So You Think You Can Dance Canada (season 1)

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 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada

So You Think You Can Dance Canada

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, Caroline Torti was eliminated after dancing her solo to this song, on October 30, 2008.

"Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" was featured on Fox network's So You Think You Can Dance, season 6

So You Think You Can Dance (season 6)

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. Ex-contestant and choreographer Travis Wall

Travis Wall

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chose it as the track for his piece danced by Ellenore Scott and Ryan Di Lello. It appears on the soudtrack to the 2008 Italian 2008 film 'Caos Calmo' (Quiet Chaos).