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'''"Routine Check"''' is a 2004 song by [[the Mitchell Brothers]], featuring [[Kano (rapper)|Kano]] and [[The Streets]]. 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 &#124; Artist |publisher=Official Charts |date= |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref> [[Kano (rapper)|Kano]] and [[The Streets]] feature on it.

==AboutTheme==

The song discusses and is a defiant response<ref name="musicomh"/> towardsto the perceived racism<ref name="tmp">{{cite web|url=http://www.tmponline.org/2013/07/22/top-acab-pops/ |title=Thin Blue Crimes: Top of the ACAB Pops &#124; The Multicultural Politic |publisher=Tmponline.org |date= |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref> of the [[UK Police]]'s '"[[StopPowers_of_the_police_in_England_and_Wales#Search_without_arrest|stop &and Searchsearch]]'" policy.<ref name="musicomh"/> In the UK, police have the right to conduct a search on any person or vehicle under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 if they have reasonable grounds for suspecting the finding of any of the following:

*stolen goods

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 altercationsinteractions. He remarked: <blockquote>it was just the way we went about it in puttingsaid that picturehe towanted 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>

*[[offensive weapon]]s

*[[knives]] and bladed articles

*illegal [[firework]]s

*an article made or adapted for use in the course of, or in connection with:

**[[theft]]

**[[burglary]]

**[[TWOC]]

**[[fraud]]

**[[criminal damage]]<ref name="legislation">{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/1 |title=Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref>

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]]" and that "a whole generation of black youths" would be able to identify with it.<ref name="musicomh"/> HeAbout furtherthe featured artists on the song, he commented: "The appearance of both Mike Skinner and Grime'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 &#124; Album Reviews |publisher=musicOMH |date=2005-08-22 |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref> That said, Hattie Collins of ''The Guardian'' felt that the Mitchells' contribution to the track was inferior to Kano's contribution, and stated: "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 &#124; Music |publisher=The Guardian |date=2005-08-12 |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref>

==Aftermath==

In an interview with [[Music Week]], [[Robbie Williams]] revealed that he had played the song "to death", and as a result was inspired to record "[[Dickhead (song)|Dickhead]]", a hidden songtrack fromon his ninth studio album, ''[[Rudebox (album)|Rudebox]]''.<ref name="musicweek">{{cite web|url=http://www.robbiewilliams.com/discography/interviews/music-week |title=Music Week |publisher=RobbieWilliams.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref>

==References==