Ransom (song)

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"Ransom"
Single by Pendulum
Released 6 April 2011
Format Digital Download
Recorded 2009-2011
Genre Drum and bass, dubstep
Length 5:54
Label Warner Music UK, Earstorm
Pendulum singles chronology

"Crush"
(2011)
"Ransom"
(2011)

"Ransom" is a single from Australian drum and bass band Pendulum. It was released as a Charity single as a Digital download from the Official Pendulum website with 100% of proceeds from the sale going to 2 charities, The Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) who are doing work in Japan following the recent earthquake and tsunami there. It peaked to number 193 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

"Ransom" was released as a Charity single with all the proceeds from the single going to The Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Rob Swire talked about the song by saying, "As you may or may not know, we excluded a number of tracks from the final version of ‘Immersion’. One in particular caused considerable outcry amongst fans, a little track called ‘Ransom’ that we made for Miami WMC 2009. It was omitted from the album because we didn't think it fit, and we were waiting for a good enough reason to let people have it. Given the recent tragic events in Japan, we thought it would be a good idea to finally make it available on our website and donate the proceeds to charities which we feel have the best chance of helping out. We don't make anything, the label doesn’t make anything - 100% of the proceeds will be divided equally between the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (MSF)".[1]

Track listing

Digital Download
No. Title Length
1. "Ransom"   5:54

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[2] 193

References

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