"Infra-Red" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo, released on 19 June 2006 as the third single from their fifth studio album Meds.

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"Infra-Red"
Single by Placebo
from the album Meds
Released	19 June 2006 (2006-06-19)[1]
Length	3:17
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Steve Hewitt Brian Molko Stefan Olsdal
Producer(s)	Dimitri Tikovoi
Placebo singles chronology
"Song to Say Goodbye" (2006) "Infra-Red" (2006) "Meds" (2006)

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The song peaked at number 42 in the UK,^[2] number 35 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart^{[citation needed]} and number 91 in Germany.^{[citation needed]} It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. A live version of the song is available on the Live at La Cigale EP.

The music video features businessmen apparently conspiring against the public. They observe a computer disk containing a graphic of a DNA molecule with a hazardous ligand. Meanwhile, a group of ants interfere with their computer equipment. A character, identified as a corporate executive president, gives a press conference with the help of a computerized prompter, but the ants' interference causes the prompter to say "I lied to you. We are the enemy", which the president reads.^[3]

7-inch

1. "Infra-Red"
2. "Infra-Red" (Call the Ambulance Remix)

CD

1. "Infra-Red"
2. "Infra-Red" (Hotel Persona Remix)

Maxi CD

1. "Infra-Red"
2. "Infra-Red" (The Waltmann Remix)
3. "Song to Say Goodbye" (River & Tears Remix)

DVD single

1. "Infra-Red" (video)
2. "Song to Say Goodbye" (extended video)
3. Behind the scenes footage and interviews from the "Infra-Red" video shoot
4. "Song to Say Goodbye" (River & Tears Remix)