Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past couple of months, you’ve likely seen some promotion for the Seth Rogan comedy ‘Pineapple Express.’ About a minute into the trailer an infectious beat drops; it’s a Clash sample beefed up with huge drums and a female melodically singing the chorus “I fly like paper, get high like planes etc…” This song, ‘Paper Planes’, that has seemingly blown up overnight, belongs to Sri Lankan songstress M.I.A.

Since becoming the theme song to the film, M.I.A.’s album sales for her second full length album ‘Kala’ have seen a resurgence and ‘Planes’ even made it to the top of the iTunes download charts. The blogs have also taken notice in the original video, sending M.I.A. to the top viral video charts for the month of August. If only Joe Strummer were alive today to witness his music influencing a whole new generation.

Check out the ‘Pineapple Express’ Trailer.

Then watch M.I.A.’s ‘Paper Planes.’

Now go buy The Clash ‘Combat Rock.’

-Elias, Yahoo! Video Team