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* [[Call Back]] One of the redheaded boys from the "Born Free" video is seen near the end of the "Bad Girls" video.

* [[Cover Version]] - "It Takes a Muscle" was originally a song by Spectral Display.

* [[Everything Is an Instrument]] - Drills are used as percussion on "Steppin Up." M.I.A. originally wanted drills and other power tools to be the only instruments in the song, but decided that it was too experimental.

* [[He Also Did|She Also Did]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78wvvIYUABE A song] for ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' along with the film's composer (it even scored her an Oscar nom!).

** "Meds & Feds" samples "Treats" by Sleigh Bells but speeds it up and gives it a harsher sound.

** "Born Free" samples "Ghost Rider" by Suicide for its signature synth pulse. Suicide's keyboardist even performed the song live with M.I.A. on David Letterman.

* [[Signature Song]] – "Paper Planes."

* [[Sound Effect Bleep]] - "[[Rule of Three|ALL I WANNA DO IS]] '''[[Rule of Three|*BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*]]'''[[Rule of Three|AND *click* *ca-]]'''[[Rule of Three|CHING]]'''[[Rule of Three|* AND TAKE YOUR MO-NAY.]]" In layman's terms, it's describing a mugging. Oddly enough, the sound effects themselves were evidently too suggestive for some radio stations - one censored version uses entirely different ones. See [[This Trope Is Bleep]].

* [[Theme Naming]] – ''Arular'' was named after the political code name her father used in his involvement with Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups. ''Kala'' was named after her mother. ''MAYA'' was named after herself.

* [[This Trope Is Bleep]] - "Paper Planes" had its famous sound effects censored on the radio and on TV, leaving us with "All I wanna do is {{spoiler|bang bang bang bang}} and a {{spoiler|*click* *kaching* }} and take your money," which can be interpreted as being strikingly sexual.

 

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