Songfacts®:

• This song features a string sample from Moroccan pop singer Najat Aatabou's song "Just Tell Me The Truth" and vocals by former A Tribe Called Quest member, Q-Tip.
• This won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. In addition, the Push The Button album won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.
• In the US, this was featured in popular commercials for Budweiser beer.
• Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers recalled to Q magazine December 2010: "Q-tip would only sing into a golden microphone. Not silver, not bronze. It practically came with its own security guard. But I'm sure it gave his Galvanize vocal that extra bit of punch."
• The song returned to the UK singles chart after it was used to start the entrance of the athletes at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
• "Galvanize" was originally an online hook-up until the Chemical Brothers heard Q-Tip's attempt. "Q-tip was a total hero" Tom Rowlands recalled to Q magazine." He sent this thing back and I'd never been so crestfallen. I thought, Oh no, this isn't going to work."
  
  The MC agreed to another session if Tom and his Chemical colleague Ed Simons could travel to New York's Hit Factory. Using his gold-plated microphone, Q-tip improvised some new lines, one of which featured the unusual word "galvanize," and the track finally achieved its potential. "Q-tip really took direction'" Simons said. "He'd use a turn of phrase and Tom would say, 'I like that, let's develop it.'"