By Toby Fox tobyfox Bandcamp tobyfox Twitter toby.fangamer.com Other fwugradiation Tumblr.
Cover art by Homestuck.
Released 4/13/2010.
Duration: 2:24.

Listen on Bandcamp or YouTube.

Download sheet music files.
Read artist commentary.

Also released as:

• (201110/24/2011; about 1 year, 6 months later) Black (Homestuck Vol. 1-4)

Tracks that Black references:

• Liquid Negrocity by Toby Fox
• I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew by Jean Schwartz and William Jerome

Tracks that Black samples:

• I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew by Jean Schwartz and William Jerome

Tracks that reference Black:

From Fandom:

• Stalemate by Lark Mordancy
• a color this shirt also comes in by Noisemaker
• BLAPCK by Monifate and Frikiman
• HECKA JEF SONB by o
• Venom Pools for Eons by Cecily Renns
• CONFERANCE CALL ~~LAST CONTACT~~ by Cecily Renns
• ass well as yellow! by cookiefonster
• Harmonize by koba
• B L λ C K by koba
• The Endless Black (aka Clockwork Negrocity) by SplitSuns
• Strife Mayhem by Musical Panini
• Black (Full Version) by ft-rj
• 7 GRAND END by Discfortune, koba, SplitSuns, Minish, TirantBacon, StarlightCalliope, Wheals, WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES, MoreEpicThanYou747, Isoleucine, ostrichlittledungeon, Noisemaker, Rom M, Cecily Renns, cookiefonster, Pipko Fanfare, Hadron, ft-rj, and Interrobang
• Bendalass by NodaToyama
• [reverie vaporwave] by Hadron
• Blanc by Sean Gorter
• 8r8k the 8ottle by apatheticPianist and Pascal van den Bos
• bad.mp3 by Noisemaker
• Dismantled by pragmaticNihilist
• Made For Spades by Cerulean
• DEAR PESKY SHUFFLERS by whimsi
• Black by Xszelor and Âbbysalite
• Black (Electro Swing Remix) by Spad3s
• Rex Duodecim Angelus (Remix) by Artisticpolo
• Black ($C4RL3TT Remix) by $C4RL3TT
• Purple Hot Mess by Rom M
• Idle Playthings (Mimis Music) by Rom M
• Probable Cause by Ash Taylor
• Coronal Mass Ejection [Beta] by Rabooski

Tracks that sample Black:

From Fandom:

• Liquid Negrlcity by Ian White
• B L λ C K by koba
• [reverie vaporwave] by Hadron

Flashes & games that feature Black:

• [S] Jack: Ascend.
• Homestesque: [S] Sarah: Be the Damsel.
• [S] DD: Ascend.
• [S] BADGURL413: Descend.
• [S] JACK: ASCEND - 3D REANIMATION
• [S] Gambit: Ascend.

Lyrics:

Make her a member of the Midnight Crew!

I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the Midnight Crew!

I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the-

I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the Midnight Crew!
I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the Midnight Crew!

I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the Midnight Crew!
I'm a- I'm a- I'm a member of the-
I'm a member of the Midnight Crew!

Print or download sheet music files:

• Sheet music by EuniverseCat

  • Black - EuniverseCat.pdf (523.2 kB)
• Sheet music by Gamehunter

  • Black - Gamehunter.pdf (209.2 kB)

Artist commentary:

Andrew Hussie: (MSPA news post, excerpt)

Additional trivia: if you're wondering where the old-timey clip at the beginning of "Black" comes from, check it out. (1:29) It's from a song recorded exactly 100 years prior to Homestuck. Toby slapped it on the beginning of his remix and I thought "cool" and rolled with it, but it wasn't until now I found out where it was from. Maybe he mentioned it to me once and I was like pfffff, not remembering THAT fact, nice try. This is a good example of how the music strongly influences how I put together the animations.