Elbow are British alternative rock band. They have played together since 1990 and recorded five studio albums, the most recent of which is Build a Rocket Boys! , released in March 2011. In the UK all of their albums have made the top twenty and seven of their singles have been in the top forty.

In 2008 they won the Mercury Music Prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid and in November 2011 it was announced that they will be composing the BBC's 2012 Olympic coverage theme tune.