Ruby (song)

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“Ruby”
[[Image:‎|200px|“Ruby” cover]]
Single by Kaiser Chiefs
from the album
Yours Truly, Angry Mob
B-side "Admire You",
"From the Neck Down"
Released February 19, 2007
Format Download, 7", CD
Genre Rock, New Wave
Length 3:23
Label B-Unique Records
Producer Stephen Street
Kaiser Chiefs singles chronology
"Modern Way"
(November 2005)		 "Ruby"
(February 2007)		 "Everything Is Average Nowadays"
(May 2007)
Yours Truly, Angry Mob track listing
"Ruby"
(1)		 "The Angry Mob"
(2)

"Ruby" is a song by English rock band Kaiser Chiefs and is the lead track on their second album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob. It was released as the lead single from that album in the United Kingdom as a download on February 5, 2007 and as a limited edition 7" and CD single on February 19 that year. It became the band's first ever #1 single on February 25, 2007, and ended 2007 as the year's 10th biggest-selling single in the UK with total sales of 313,765[1]

A video single of the song was released in the United States at Best Buy stores on March 13, 2007, two weeks before the album was released there, and featured a live version of "Everything Is Average Nowadays" and the B-side "Admire You" (released on the UK 7" version).[2] The song is featured as a bonus track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and also is featured in Project Gotham Racing 4.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

  • 7" (Special ruby coloured vinyl) BUN119-7
  1. "Ruby"
  2. "Admire You"
    • This song was also released as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of Yours Truly, Angry Mob.
  • CD BUN119CD
  1. "Ruby"
  2. "From the Neck Down"
    • This song was also released as a bonus track on the Best Buy edition of Yours Truly, Angry Mob.
  • Download
  1. "Ruby"
  2. "Ruby" (Live at Berlin Kesselhaus)
  • Best Buy stores video single UNIR 21804-2
  1. "Everything Is Average Nowadays" (live)
  2. "Admire You"
  3. "Ruby" (video) [2]

[edit] Music video

The promo for "Ruby" was directed by Swedish production company Stylewar, who also produced the 2005 video for "I Predict a Riot", and features the band performing in a desert landscape whilst a CGI metropolis-like city builds around them. The video was scheduled to be shown on Channel 4 at 11:35pm on January 15, but was pulled from the schedules for unknown reasons. The video finally premiered on the official Kaiser Chiefs website four days later.

[edit] Football

As Leeds United season ticket holders, the song is often heard on the terraces of Elland Road. "Ruby" is frequently replaced with "Rui" (United defender Rui Marques). Five other clubs are noted for their use of the song:

The Rovers version of the song was sung at the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final of 2007, grabbing the attention of lead singer Ricky Wilson on The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1.

[edit] Charts

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 14
Australian radio station Triple J 13
Bulgarian Airplay Chart 6
Czech IFPI Chart 1
Dutch Top 40 7
De Afrekening (Belgium) 1
Irish Singles Chart 5
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 29
Norwegian Singles Chart 16
Polish Singles Chart 19
Slovak IFPI Chart 15
Turkish Top 20 Chart[3] 18
UK Singles Chart 1
US Modern Rock 14
Virgin Megastores Middle East 1

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC Music. "Top 40 Singles of the Year 2007 ". Retrieved 2007-12-27
  2. ^ a b Pre Album Single Offer - CD - Kaiser Chiefs.
  3. ^ Turkish Airplay Chart

[edit] External links

Preceded by
"Grace Kelly" by Mika		 United Kingdom number-one single
February 25, 2007		 Succeeded by
" Shine" by Take That
Preceded by
"Relax, Take It Easy" by Mika		 Czech Airplay Chart number-one single
May 16, 2007 - May 22, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado
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