In This City (Iglu & Hartly song)

"In This City"
Single by Iglu & Hartly
from the album & Then Boom
Released September 15, 2008
Format CD, Download, 7" vinyl
Recorded 2008
Genre Pop
Label Mercury Records
Writer(s) Iglu and Hartly
Iglu and Hartly singles chronology
"Violent and Young" "In This City"
(2008)

In This City is a 2008 single by American band Iglu & Hartly. The song is taken from their first album & Then Boom which was released in late 2008. It charted at #5 in the UK and #9 in Ireland.[1]

Contents

Track listing

CD

  1. In This City
  2. Pajama Song

7" vinyl

  1. In This City
  2. Music Lover (Live Studio version)

Release and reception

The music magazine NME gave the song 8/10 and commented that it has a great chorus and "a joyful pop song".[2] Popjustice made it their 'song of the day', saying "The band specialise in really smart synthy pop tunes with rapping in and when the choruses are this massive it's hard not to become slightly obsessed".[3]

The song was added to the upfront section BBC Radio 1's playlist in August 2008 and the A-List in September 2008.

Chart performance

The single charted at #21 in the UK singles chart on 14 September 2008 on downloads alone before reaching a peak of #5 two weeks later. In Ireland it charted at a peak of #9

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart[4] 9
UK Singles Chart[5] 5

References

  1. ^ http://www.top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=24520 top40 charts
  2. ^ http://www.nme.com/reviews/9905 NME review
  3. ^ http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2801&Itemid=279 Popjustice 'song of the day'
  4. ^ http://acharts.us/song/37681
  5. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_singles_last.php?week=71&end=28/09/2008%20-%2004/10/2008

External links

Iglu & Hartly

Jarvis Anderson  · Sam Martin · Simon Katz

 · Luis Rosiles · Michael Bucher
Studio albums
Singles
"Violent and Young"  · "In This City"
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