`` Mercury '' , the first single from Bloc Party 's third album Intimacy , was played on Zane Lowe 's BBC Radio 1 show on 7 July 2008 . It then appeared on the Radio 1 website fifteen minutes later . `` Mercury '' , the first single from Bloc Party 's third album Intimacy , was played as an exclusive on Zane Lowe 's BBC Radio 1 show on 7 July 2008 , before being uploaded to the radio station 's website fifteen minutes later .