'''"Routine Check"''' is a 2004 song by [[the Mitchell Brothers]]. It was their highest charting single, charting at #42 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="officialcharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/mitchell%20brothers/ |title=Mitchell Brothers | Artist |publisher=Official Charts |date= |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref> [[Kano (rapper)|Kano]] and [[The Streets]] feature on it.
In 2012, Tony Mitchell said that the song summed him up as an artist and that, as far as the topic was concerned, the song was about a real situation in that many youngsters had to deal with such police altercations. He remarked: "<blockquote>it was just the way we went about it in putting that picture to people for them to like it, for them to like the funny side of it, but understand the seriousness of it as well. At that time with a lot of artists it was cool to be macho, but bringing that wit and humour for me was important".<ref name="flavourmag">{{cite web|author=Shireen |url=http://www.flavourmag.co.uk/mr-mitchell/ |title=Mr. Mitchell |publisher=Flavourmag |date= |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref></blockquote>
==Critical reception==
Critical reception was mixed. John Murphy of musicOMH said the song was "the Mitchells at their most incendiary", arguing that the song could potentially be the English version of [[N.W.A|NWA]]'s legendary [[Fuck Tha Police]]. He further commented: "<blockquote>it probably won’twon't make them many friends at the ''Daily Mail'', but a whole generation of black youths will find much to identify with. The appearance of both Mike Skinner and Grime’sGrime's latest rising star Kano gives the track added prestige".<ref name="musicomh">{{cite web|last=Murphy |first=John |url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/the-mitchell-brothers-a-breath-of-fresh-attire |title=The Mitchell Brothers – A Breath Of Fresh Attire | Album Reviews |publisher=musicOMH |date=2005-08-22 |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref></blockquote> That said, Hattie Collins of ''The Guardian'' felt that the Mitchells' contribution to the track was inferior to Kano's contribution, further berating that "their flat flow, perhaps meant to lend a more authentic feel, serves only to make them all the more monotonous".<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|author=Hattie Collins |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/12/popandrock.shopping3 |title=CD: The Mitchell Brothers, A Breath of Fresh Attire | Music |publisher=The Guardian |date=2005-08-12 |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref>
