Echoes (Klaxons song)

"Echoes"
Single by Klaxons
from the album Surfing the Void
B-side "Sorcerer City"
Released 16 August 2010
Format Digital download, CD single
Recorded 2009
Genre Indie rock[1], new rave
Length 3:37
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Klaxons
Producer Ross Robinson
Klaxons singles chronology
"As Above,
So Below"
(2007)		 "Echoes"
(2010)		 "Twin Flames"
(2010)

"Echoes" is the first single to be released by British indie rock[2] band Klaxons from their second studio album, Surfing the Void. The song was released through Polydor Records as a digital download on 15 August 2010, with a vinyl and CD single release the following day. The single was added to BBC Radio 1's A Playlist in July 2010. The single cover was shot by London based photographer Ben Rayner. The song appears on Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit in 2010 along with the song "Twin Flames"

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Music video

The music video to accompany the release of "Echoes" premiered on Channel 4 at 12:25 am on 17 July 2010 as part of a 4Music exclusive. It was then released on YouTube later that day from the band's record label YouTube page.[3] The video features the band performing the song in the White Desert in Farafra, Egypt.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Echoes"   3:52
2. "Sorcerer City"   3:09
No. Title Length
1. "Echoes"   3:52
2. "Birdman"   3:17

Chart performance

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 95
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6] 22
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[7] 20
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[8] 55

Release history

Region Date Format
United Kingdom 15 August 2010 Digital Download
16 August 2010 CD Single
Vinyl

References

  1. ^ "Klaxons Mercury award winners". Clash. September 01, 2006. http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/klaxons-0. Retrieved March 04, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Klaxons Mercury award winners". Clash. September 01, 2006. http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/klaxons-0. Retrieved March 04, 2011. 
  3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5D-a0YOc7Y
  4. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003URRA9E
  5. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Klaxons – Echoes". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Klaxons – Echoes" (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  7. ^ "Ultratop.be – Klaxons – Echoes" (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  8. ^ "Chart Stats – Klaxons – Echoes" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
Klaxons
Jamie Reynolds • Simon Taylor-Davis • James Righton • Steffan Halperin
Finnigan Kidd
Albums
EPs
Xan Valleys • Landmarks of Lunacy
Compilations
Singles
"Gravity's Rainbow" • "Atlantis to Interzone" • "Magick" • "Golden Skans" • "It's Not Over Yet" • "As Above, So Below" • "Echoes" • "Twin Flames"
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