Roll Away Your Stone

"Roll Away Your Stone"
Single by Mumford & Sons
from the album Sigh No More
Released 3 June 2010
Format CD single, Digital Download, 7" vinyl
Recorded 2009
Genre Indie folk, Soul, Indie Rock
Length 4:23
Label Island
Producer Markus Dravs
Mumford & Sons singles chronology
"The Cave"
(2010)		 "Roll Away Your Stone"
(2010)

"Roll Away Your Stone" is the fourth single by London folk quartet, Mumford & Sons released from their debut album, Sigh No More. It was released as a Digital Download on 3 June 2010. The song was released as the third single in the United States on 7 June 2011.[1] The song begins with an instrumental version of the Irish jig, "Merrily Kissed the Quaker".

Contents

Tracklisting

No. Title Length
1. "Roll Away Your Stone"   4:23
2. "White Blank Page" (Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire) 4:20
No. Title Length
1. "Roll Away Your Stone"   4:23
2. "White Blank Page" (Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire) 4:20
No. Title Length
1. "Roll Away Your Stone"   4:23
2. "White Blank Page" (Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire) 4:20

Chart performance

Despite being added to BBC Radio 1's A Playlist in May 2010, the single failed to crack the Top 100 upon physical release in June. The single has thus far only managed to peak at number 141 on the UK Singles Chart, marking the band's least successful single to date.

Chart (2010-11) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[5] 15
Canada: Alternative Rock (America's Music Charts)[6] 24
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[7] 141
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[8] 10
US Rock Songs (Billboard)[9] 11

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 3 June 2010[10] Digital download Island
7 June 2010 CD single
7" Vinyl
United States 7 June 2011 Radio Glassnote

References

  1. ^ http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases
  2. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/roll-away-your-stone-single/id376198820
  3. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003P8IARO
  4. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003MUZJHO
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Mumford & Sons – Roll Away Your Stone" (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  6. ^ http://canadianrockalt.blogspot.com/2011/11/alternative-rock-november-15-2011.html
  7. ^ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/100619cluk.txt
  8. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-highlights-dance-alternative-songs-1005229162.story
  9. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/mumford-sons/1183741
  10. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/roll-away-your-stone-single/id376198820
Mumford & Sons
Marcus Mumford • Country Winston • Ben Lovett • Ted Dwane
Studio albums
Sigh No More (2009) • TBA (2012)
EPs
Mumford & Sons (2008)  • Love Your Ground (2008)  • The Cave & The Open Sea (2009)
Singles
"Little Lion Man" • "Winter Winds" • "The Cave" • "Roll Away Your Stone"
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