My Mistakes Were Made for You
| "My Mistakes Were Made for You" | ||||
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| Single by The Last Shadow Puppets | ||||
| from the album The Age of the Understatement | ||||
| Released |
 20 October 2008 | |||
| Format | CD, 7", digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Baroque pop, psychedelic rock, indie rock[1] | |||
| Label | Domino | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Alex Turner, Miles Kane | |||
| Producer(s) | James Ford | |||
| The Last Shadow Puppets singles chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
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| The Age of the Understatement track listing | ||||
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"My Mistakes Were Made for You" is the third single released by The Last Shadow Puppets. It was released on 20 October 2008 in the United Kingdom on Domino Records,[2] featuring three b-sides: a live version of the album track "Separate and Ever Deadly" plus two covers.[3] The US-only 8-song expanded EP was released in digital format on 21 October and on CD on 4 November 2008. It was the final release of the band's first period of activity.
The song was inspired by Scott Walker's song "The Old Man's Back Again", off his album Scott 4.[4] The song also appears to glean influences from Noel Harrison's "The Windmills of Your Mind".[5]
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| French Singles Chart[6] | 64 |
| UK Singles Chart | 81 |
| European Hot 100 Singles | 87 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 75 |
Track listing
All lyrics written by Alex Turner and Miles Kane, except where noted; all music composed by The Last Shadow Puppets.
| CD RUG309CD | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "My Mistakes Were Made for You" | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Paris Summer[7]" (Guest vocals by Alison Mosshart) (live from The Olympia, Paris) (Hazlewood) | 3:38 |
| 3. | "My Little Red Book" (live from New Theatre, Oxford) (David/Bacharach) | 2:42 |
| 7" RUG309 | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "My Mistakes Were Made for You" | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Paris Summer" (Guest vocals by Alison Mosshart) (live from The Olympia, Paris) (Hazlewood) | 3:38 |
| 7" RUG309X | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "My Mistakes Were Made for You" | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Separate and Ever Deadly" (live from New Theatre, Oxford) | 2:58 |
| EP (US only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "My Mistakes Were Made for You" | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Separate and Ever Deadly" (live from New Theatre, Oxford) | 2:58 |
| 3. | "Paris Summer" (Guest vocals by Alison Mosshart) (live from The Olympia, Paris) (Hazlewood) | 3:38 |
| 4. | "My Little Red Book" (live from New Theatre, Oxford) (David/Bacharach) | 2:42 |
| 5. | "The Age of the Understatement" (acoustic) | 2:57 |
| 6. | "Standing Next to Me" (acoustic) | 2:26 |
| 7. | "The Meeting Place" (acoustic) | 2:51 |
| 8. | "My Mistakes Were Made for You" (acoustic) | 2:58 |
Music video
The video for "My Mistakes Were Made for You" was shot at Pinewood studios and directed by Richard Ayoade. The music video shows Turner on a crashed car with Alexa Chung, his then girlfriend. Kane appears later. It won best video award at the NME Awards 2009.[8]
The video was inspired by Federico Fellini's cult film Toby Dammit.[9]
References
- ↑ "Last Shadow Puppets Single". Clash. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001EKUHQW
- ↑ http://www.nme.com/news/the-last-shadow-puppets/39488
- ↑ "My Mistakes Were Made For You". Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ↑ https://popjunkielondon.wordpress.com/author/popjunkielondon/page/164/. Retrieved 6 February 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ http://acharts.us/song/40240
- ↑ http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/singles/22-09-08/my-mistakes-were-made-for-you/
- ↑ http://thelastshadowpuppets.com/news/the-last-shadow-puppets-announce-new-single/
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/oct/02/comedy.television/