- Spiralling
Infobox Single
Name = Spiralling
Artist = Keane
from Album = Perfect Symmetry
B-side =
Released = flagicon|UKAugust 4 ,2008
flagicon|MEXAugust 5 ,2008 [citeweb|url=http://forum.keanemusic.com/t/384.aspx|title=Keane official forum|accessdate=August 6|accessyear=2008]
Format =Digital Download
Recorded = Teldex Studios,Berlin
Genre =Alternative rock
Dance pop
Length = 4:19
3:27 (radio edit)
Label =Island Records
Producer = Keane
Audio sample? =
Writer =Tim Rice-Oxley Tom Chaplin Richard Hughes
Jesse Quin
Reviews =
Lists = *#23 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = "The Night Sky " (2007)
This single = "Spiralling" (2008)
Next single = "The Lovers Are Losing "
(2008)
Misc = Audiosample | Upper caption = Audio sample | Audio file = Keane-Spiralling.oggSpiralling is a song performed and composed by English band Keane, released on
August 4 ,2008 at 10:59 (CEST ) [ [http://www.keanemusic.com Keanemusic countdown] ; calculated with clock synchronized from UTC.] as the first single of their upcoming third album, "Perfect Symmetry". [citeweb|url=http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/disco/spiralling.htm|title=Keaneshaped - Spiralling|accessdate=July 30|accessyear=2008] It was released in a similar fashion to that of "Atlantic" as a digital download only single; however, it was available as a free download from Keanemusic.com for the first week of release. [citeweb|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1035035&c=3|title=Music Week: Keane return in "Perfect Symmetry"|accessdate=August 1|accessyear=2008] On July 31st, the message "When we fall in love, we're just falling in love with ourselves" appeared on the band's website in reference to the track. OnAugust 11 2008 , the song was released as an official digital download on iTunes. FrontmanTom Chaplin described the song as "a train of thought about human endeavour, built on an outrageous groove".The song went on to become the most broadcasted song of the world during its first week of release [citeweb|url=http://www.universal.com.mx/keane|title=Keane on Universal Music México|accessdate=September 26|accessyear=2008] , as well as the fastest-downloading song ever for Universal, reaching 500,000 downloads in less than a week. [citeweb|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx/nid/16020/aid/404|title=Interscope Records|accessdate=September 26|accessyear=2008]
Keane performed the song live to an audience for the first time at the 2008
GQ Awards onSeptember 2 2008 . [citeweb|url=http://www.gqmagazine.co.uk/Daily_News/default.aspx?sid=53149|title=World exclusive! Keane perform for GQ|accessdate=September 3|accessyear=2008]The song won Best Track at the
Q Awards on6th October 2008 , with all three members of the band present at the ceremony to accept the award. [citeweb|url=http://www2.qawards.co.uk/2008/2008/10/keanes_comeback_single_spirall.html
title=Keane Land Best Track Award - Q Awards 2008|accessdate=October 6|accessyear=2008]Music video
The music video for "Spiralling" was released on the Keane Official Website on
September 26 . ComposerTim Rice-Oxley left a note reading "Andras Ketzer has perfectly represented the difference between the idealised dream and the dystopian reality of human existence". It features robots walking in such a manner of the "I, Robot" film adaptation and shots of lead singerTom Chaplin staring at TV sets while sitting in a couch.Charts
On
August 17 2008 , the song entered theUK Singles Chart at #28 on downloads alone and peaked at #23 without a video or physical release. The song debuted on #26 in theDutch Top 40 on theAugust 23 ,2008 issue, and has so far peaked at #12. [http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=7349] Its highest position to date became on both British and Mexican airplay on the top 1 [.citeweb|url=http://www.alfaradio.com.mx/grc/alfa.nsf/frTopTen?ReadForm&count=1|title=Alfa Radio Top Ten (as of October 4, 2008)|accessdate=October 5|accessyear=2008]Covers
The
Sugababes performed an acoustic cover of Spiralling in the BBC Radio 1Live Lounge onOctober 9 2008 .External links
* [http://www.keanemusic.com Official Keane site]
* [http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk Keaneshaped on "Spiralling"]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/livelounge/artist/081009_sugababes.shtml Sugababes Live Lounge cover]References
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