Bend and Break

"Bend and Break" is a song performed and composed by English rock band Keane, released as the sixth and last single from their debut album Hopes and Fears. This single was released only in some European countries (not in the United Kingdom) such as Germany and Austria, similarly to their 2007 single "Try Again". The single features "Bend and Break", "On a Day Like Today" and a live version of "Allemande", as well as the "Bend and Break" live videoclip. "Bend and Break" is drummer Richard Hughes' favourite Keane song. This was also the last single that used the typeface "Cochin", the one used in the Hopes and Fears era.

British Trance artist Chicane used a sample of the song in his 2006 release Wake Up.

Norwegian band Apoptygma Berzerk recorded a cover for their Sonic Diary covers compilation album.

Composition

Composed by Tim Rice-Oxley in 2001, it was first played at the pubs that hosted the band's early performances. First demos were almost the same as the album version, but with an extra vocal on the song's bridge, like the one on the final chorus of "Somewhere Only We Know". It was recorded like most Keane songs at the Heliocentric Studios, Rye, East Sussex.

Length: 3:39
Tempo: 134bpm
Key: E (maj)
time signature: 4/4

Track listing

"Bend and Break"
"On a Day Like Today"
"Allemande (Live)"
"Bend and Break" (live video)

Basto Re-mix (26 August 2013)

"Bend and Break" (Basto Re-Mix)^[1]

Chart performance

Peak positions
Chart	Peak position
Germany (Media Control AG)^{[ 1]}	95
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^{[ 1]}	27

References

External links

v t e Keane singles

Discography

Hopes and Fears	"Somewhere Only We Know" (2004) "Everybody's Changing" (2004) "Bedshaped" (2004) "This Is the Last Time" (2004) "Bend and Break" (2005)

Under the Iron Sea	"Atlantic" (2006) "Is It Any Wonder?" (2006) "Crystal Ball" (2006) "Nothing in My Way" (2006) "A Bad Dream" (2007) "Try Again" (2007)

Perfect Symmetry	"Spiralling" (2008) "The Lovers Are Losing" (2008) "Perfect Symmetry" (2008) "Better Than This" (2009)

Night Train	"Stop for a Minute" (featuring K'naan) (2010)

Strangeland	"Silenced by the Night" (2012) "Disconnected" (2012) "Sovereign Light Café" (2012)

The Best of Keane	"Higher Than the Sun" (2013) "Won't Be Broken" (2014)

Non-album singles	"Call Me What You Like" (2000) "Wolf at the Door" (2001) "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" (2005) "The Night Sky" (2007)

Featured songs	"Do They Know It's Christmas" (Band Aid 20) "Mercy" (Rocco DeLuca and the Burden) "Same Heart" (Laura Jansen)

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