America (Razorlight song)

"America"
Single by Razorlight
from the album Razorlight
B-side "Teenage Logic", "Fine"
Released 2 October 2006
Format 7" single, CD single
Genre Indie rock
Length 4:10
Label Mercury, Vertigo
Writer(s) Johnny Borrell, Andy Burrows
Producer(s) Chris Thomas
Certification Silver (UK)
Razorlight singles chronology
"In the Morning"
(2006)		 "America"
(2006)		 "Before I Fall to Pieces"
(2006)

'America' is a song by English indie rock band Razorlight, and is the fourth track to their self-titled second studio album, Razorlight (2006). It was written by Johnny Borrell and Andy Burrows (credited to Borrell, Burrows, and Razorlight) and was also released as the second single from that album in October 2006.

It became the band's first number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single was the UK's seventeenth best selling single of the year. The song also peaked at number six in Ireland, number nine in the Netherlands, #10 in New Zealand, #17 in Austria, #21 in Belgium, #22 in France, #29 in Switzerland, and #38 in Germany.

Track listings

7" 1705367

  1. "America"
  2. "Wilfred Owen" (demo)

7" 1705369

  1. "America"
  2. "Down to the Coast" (demo)

CD 1705368

  1. "America"
  2. "Teenage Logic"
  3. "Fine"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
scope="row"Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 17
scope="row"Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 21
scope="row"Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[3] 37
scope="row"France (SNEP)[4] 22
scope="row"Germany (Media Control Charts)[5] 38
scope="row"Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 23
scope="row"New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 10
scope="row"Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 29
scope="row"UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10] 17

Preceded by
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" by Scissor Sisters		 UK Singles Chart number one single
15 October 2006 		Succeeded by
"Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance

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