Kill the Director

Single infobox
Name = Kill The Director


Caption = 2007 Release
Artist = The Wombats
from Album =
B-side = "Kill The Director (KUT FM live acoustic session)"
Released = flagicon|UK 25 June 2007 flagicon|UK 7 July 2008 (Re-Release)
Format = CD, 7" Vinyl
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 2:50
Label = 14th Floor Records
Producer = |

"Kill The Director" is a song by English indie pop band The Wombats.

According to a radio interview on BBC Radio 1, the song was written about the film "The Holiday" with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet. From the lyrics "this is no Bridget Jones" and according to the radio interview, they hated the film, and hence decided to write a song about it.Fact|date=November 2007

Brazilian 'New Rave' band Cansei de Ser Sexy, among others, have remixed this song. It will be re-released on 7 July 2008.

The song was used as the title music to football show Football Focus in the 07/08 English football season.

The song is to be re-released as a download and 7" inch single on July 9 2008 with the seven inch only being available from the bands website.

Formats and track listings

Track listings of major single releases of "Kill the Director".

First release

UK CD single (Released June 25 2007)
# "Kill the Director"
# "Kill the Director (KUT FM live acoustic session)"

UK 7" single (Released June 25 2007)
# "Kill the Director"
# "Metro Song"

UK 7" single (Released June 25 2007)
# "Kill the Director"
# "Kill the Director (CSS Remix)"

econd release

UK CD single (Released July 7 2008)
# "Kill The Director"
# "There She Goes (Live from Triple J)"

UK 7" single (Released July 7 2008)
# "Kill the Director"
# "Sunday TV"

UK 7" single (Released July 7 2008)
# "Kill the Director"
# "Bleeding Love"

Charts

On July 6 2008, Kill the Director entered the UK Singles Chart at #93 on downloads alone. The following week, the song moved up to #48 following the physical release.