Parallel Worlds

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“Parallel Worlds”
Single by Elliot Minor from the album Elliot Minor
B-side	Original: "Parallel Worlds (Live)" "Parallel Worlds (Honkey Tonk Instruments)" "Parallel Worlds (Acoustic)" "Wait Another Week" Re-release: "Parallel Worlds (Live)" "Parallel Worlds (Acoustic)" "Parallel Worlds (Radio Edit)"
Released	(Original) April 9, 2007 (Re-Release) April 7, 2008
Format	CD single, Picture Vinyl, 7 Inch Vinyl, Digital Download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Rock
Length	2:56
Label	Repossession Records Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s)	Alex Davies Ed Minton Dan Hetherton Ali Paul Teddy Hetherton
Elliot Minor singles chronology
- "Parallel Worlds" (2007) "Jessica" (2007)
Elliot Minor chronology
"Still Figuring Out" (2008) "Parallel Worlds" (re-release) (2008) "Time After Time" (2008)
Original release artwork

"Parallel Worlds" is the debut single from York based rock band Elliot Minor taken from their self titled album. It was originally released on April 9, 2007, and later due to interest from radio stations and the bands label it was decided to be re-released on April 7, 2008 almost a year later.^[1][2]

Running concurrently to their April 2008 UK tour, the band made numerous in-store appearances on the week of release in cities such as Glasgow, London and Newcastle, meeting fans and signing the single, thus aiding the promotion of the release and continuing their reputation for strong fan interaction.

Parallel Worlds (re-release) landed at 22 on the UK singles chart. The following week it dropped to number 32. It followed Still Figuring Out as the band's second single to stay in the top 40 for a second week.

Contents 1 Music Video 2 Track listing 2.1 CD 2.2 Vinyl 2.3 Re-Release Track listing 2.3.1 CD 2.3.2 Vinyl 1 2.3.3 Vinyl 2 3 References

[edit] Music Video

The original, 2007 release of 'Parallel Worlds' music video featured the band playing the song in an ancient, dusty room, with special effects to make the room seem haunted. The video for the re-release, instead casts the band as the one's doing the haunting in a Victorian mansion, where the guests at a dinner party cannot see them. In the video, the band haunt these guests by kicking away wine glasses and sending books cascading from the shelves. Both of these videos are loosely reflective of the theme of the track, which is inspired lyrically by the time spent by Alex Davies and Ed Minton in an attic flat in London they believed to be haunted, due to lights swinging mysteriously and other supernatural phenomena.

The original video received mainly only play from Kerrang! TV, whilst the update so far has received more airplay, predominantly due to the success of previous single "Still Figuring Out" which charted at #17 in the UK single charts, making it the bands highest chart performance.^[3]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD

1. Parallel Worlds - 2:56
2. Parallel Worlds (Live) - 3:23
3. Parallel Worlds (Honkey Tonk Instruments) - 2:40
4. Parallel Worlds (Acoustic) - 3.15

[edit] Vinyl

1. Parallel Worlds - 2:56
2. Wait Another Week - 3.42

[edit] Re-Release Track listing

[edit] CD

1. Parallel Worlds (Single Edit)

[edit] Vinyl 1

1. Parallel Worlds (Single Edit)
2. Parallel Worlds (Acoustic Version)

[edit] Vinyl 2

1. Parallel Worlds (Single Edit)
2. Parallel Worlds (Live Version)

[edit] References

v • d • e Elliot Minor Alex Davies • Ed Minton • Ed 'Teddy' Hetherton • Ali Paul • Dan Hetherton Studio albums Elliot Minor Singles "Parallel Worlds" • "Jessica" • "The White One Is Evil" • "Still Figuring Out" • " Parallel Worlds (re-release)" • " Time After Time" • Labels Repossesion Records • Warner Bros. Records