| "Sometime Around Midnight" | ||||
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| Single by The Airborne Toxic Event | ||||
| from the album The Airborne Toxic Event | ||||
| B-side | "Innocence" (Live) / "Sometime Around Midnight" (Acoustic) |
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| Released | February 2, 2009 | |||
| Format | Digital download, CD | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 5:03 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Writer(s) | Mikel Jollett | |||
| Producer | Pete Min | |||
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"Sometime Around Midnight" is a song by The Airborne Toxic Event from their self titled debut album, and was released as a UK single on February 2, 2009.[1]
The song is autobiographical, about the night that lead singer Mikel Jollett met a former girlfriend while out at a bar, during which he discovered that he still loved her. The entire band was present during this event.[2] The lyrics to the song were written in isolation by Jollett over the course of the next three days.[3][4]
The song has two music videos, the first of which was released in August 2008, and was directed by Jason Wishnow.[5] This video is a literal re-telling of the song's events. The second video was released on April 30, 2009, and was directed by D.J. Caruso.[6] The newer video is a more abstract, surreal depiction of Jollett writing the song. Actress Anita Briem stars as the love interest in the video.
"Sometime Around Midnight" was iTunes' #1 alternative song of 2008.[7] An acoustic version of this song was chosen as the Starbucks Pick of the Week for May 6.[8]
The song was the Airborne Toxic Event's breakthrough single, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot Alternative Songs chart and #33 on the UK Singles Chart.