East Hastings (composition)

"East Hastings"
Composition by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
from the album F♯ A♯ ∞
ReleasedAugust 14, 1997 (1997-08-14)
RecordedMay 1997
StudioHotel2Tango
Length18:00 (all parts)
1:35 ("Nothing's Alrite in Our Life..." / "The Dead Flag Blues (Reprise)")
10:44 ("The Sad Mafioso...")
5:41 ("Drugs in Tokyo" / "Black Helicopter")
LabelConstellation, Kranky
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Don Wilkie
  • Ian Ilavsky
  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor

"East Hastings" is a three-part composition by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor from the 1998 CD release of their debut studio album F♯ A♯ ∞. The song is named after East Hastings Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

An edited version of the song was used in the film 28 Days Later. The song is also featured towards the end of the fifth episode of the show Under the Banner of Heaven.