Paint Your Target

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“Paint Your Target”
Single by Fightstar from the album Grand Unification
Released	June 13, 2005
Format	CD Single, DVD Single, 7" Vinyl
Recorded	2005
Genre	Alternative metal, post-grunge, post-hardcore
Length	3:16
Writer(s)	Charlie Simpson, Alex Westaway
Producer	Chris Sheldon
Fightstar singles chronology
"Palahniuk's Laughter" (2005) "Paint Your Target" (2005) "Grand Unification Part 1" (2005)

"Paint Your Target" is the first single off the Fightstar album Grand Unification. Released in June 2005, Fightstar's first single charted at #9 in the UK. To 'paint your target' is a military expression which refers to identifying and marking a target so that it can be attacked by other forces.

There are two videos for this song, one was banned because of scenes of children running around pretending to shoot each other,however this can still be found on the internet on sites such as YouTube and the 2nd version with the band in a room playing the song.

[edit] Track listing

CD

1. "Paint Your Target"
2. "Until Then"
3. "Cross Out the Stars"

7" Vinyl

1. "Paint Your Target"
2. "Until Then"

DVD

1. "Paint Your Target" (Video)
2. "Palahniuk’s Laughter" (Video)
3. "Paint Your Target" (Acoustic)
4. The Making Of Palahniuk’s Laughter (Behind The Scenes Footage)

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position[1]
UK Singles Chart	9
Irish Singles Chart	29

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