Sofa Song

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“Sofa Song”
Single by The Kooks from the album Inside In/Inside Out
Released	October 17, 2005
Format	7", CD, DVD
Recorded	2006
Genre	Indie rock, pop rock
Length	2:13
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Tony Hoffer
The Kooks singles chronology
"Eddie's Gun" (2005) "Sofa Song" (2005) "You Don't Love Me" (2006)
DVD cover

"Sofa Song" is a song by English rock band The Kooks and is featured on their debut album, Inside In/Inside Out. It was released October 17, 2005 as the second single from that album, charting at number 28 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2005 in British music).

Contents 1 Songwriting 2 Track listings 3 Chart performance 4 References

[edit] Songwriting

Luke Pritchard stated in NME that Morrisey (of The Smiths) is one of his heroes and that "Sofa Song" was an attempt to write a song like Morrisey and Johnny Marr used to write during the Smiths' lifetime; a playful melody with a dark underbelly and lyrics.

[edit] Track listings

• CD VSCDT1904

1. "Sofa Song" – 2:15
2. "Be Mine" – 2:35

• 7" VS1904

1. "Sofa Song" – 2:15
2. "Something to Say" – 2:41

• DVD VSDVD1904

1. "Sofa Song" (video) – 2:21
2. "Eddie's Gun" (video) – 2:14
3. "Put Your Back To My Face"

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position[1]
UK Singles Chart	28

[edit] References

v • d • e The Kooks Luke Pritchard · Hugh Harris · Paul Garred · Dan Logan Max Rafferty Albums Inside In/Inside Out · Konk Singles "Eddie's Gun" · "Sofa Song" · "You Don't Love Me" · "Naïve" · "She Moves in Her Own Way" · "Ooh La" · "Pull Me In" · "Always Where I Need to Be"