"The Suburbs"/"Month of May" is a single from Arcade Fire's third album The Suburbs. It was released on June 1, 2010. It reached number 94 on the Canadian Hot 100.
Music video
A music video was made for the single and was uploaded to YouTube on November 22, 2010. The video is a shortened version of the short film Scenes from the Suburbs, directed by Spike Jonze and inspired by the album itself.
In February 2011, music video blog Yes, We've Got a Video! ranked the song's music video at number 7 in their top 30 videos of 2010. The video was praised as "a twisted, haunting view of the insecurities, frustrations and fear that can come with seemingly innocent suburban life."