| "Munich" | |||||||||||||||||
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cover of the original single from 2005 |
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| Single by Editors | |||||||||||||||||
| from the album The Back Room | |||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Disappear" "Crawl Down the Wall" "Colours" "Release" "Camera" "French Disko" "Find Yourself a Safe Place" |
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| Released | 18 April 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, CD | ||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Post-punk revival Dark Wave Alternative rock |
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| Length | 3:46 | ||||||||||||||||
| Label | Kitchenware, BMG | ||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Chris Urbanowicz Edward Lay Russell Leetch Tom Smith |
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| Producer | Jim Abbiss | ||||||||||||||||
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"Munich" is a song by British post-punk revival band Editors and is featured on their 2005 debut album, The Back Room. It was originally released 18 April 2005 as the second single from the band. It was then subsequently re-released on 2 January 2006, peaking at number 10 in the UK Singles Chart.[1]
It is featured on the soundtrack to the video games Saints Row, FIFA Street 2, and Major League Baseball 2K7. The song is played when the guests are being introduced on the English television programme, A Question of Sport. It also appeared on the third season finale of Cold Case. "Munich" alone comes as a free pack-in song on every Zune player bought.
In September 2009, the song became available as a playable track for download in the game Guitar Hero 5.
This song has also been covered by The Echo Report, Corinne Bailey Rae and R.E.M.
Contents |
All songs written and composed by Chris Urbanowicz, Edward Lay, Russell Leetch and Tom Smith, except where noted.
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Munich" | ||||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Disappear" | ||||||||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Munich" | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Crawl Down the Wall" | 3:34 |
| 3. | "Colours" | 3:50 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Munich" | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Release" | 5:43 |
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| 1. | "Munich" | ||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Camera" (original demo) | ||||||||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Munich" | 3:44 |
| 2. | "Find Yourself a Safe Place" | 2:54 |
| 3. | "Munich" (Cicada remix) | 7:48 |
| 4. | "Munich" (video) |
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart[2] | 22 |
| Dutch GfK chart[3] | 97 |
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart[1] | 10 |
"Munich" was covered by Corinne Bailey Rae for Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 1 in 2006 and featured on Radio 1's Live Lounge. A version by R.E.M., also for BBC Radio 1, was released on Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3 in 2008.
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