My Mistakes Were Made for You

"My Mistakes Were Made for You"
Single by The Last Shadow Puppets
from the album The Age of the Understatement
Released	October 20, 2008
Format	CD, 7", digital download
Recorded	2007
Genre	Indie rock[1]
Label	Domino
Writer(s)	Alex Turner, Miles Kane
Producer	James Ford
The Last Shadow Puppets singles chronology
"Standing Next to Me" (2008) "My Mistakes Were Made for You" (2008)
Alternative cover The Age of the Understatement track listing "The Age of the Understatement" "Standing Next to Me" "Calm Like You" "Separate and Ever Deadly" "The Chamber" "Only the Truth" "My Mistakes Were Made for You" "Black Plant" "I Don't Like You Anymore" "In My Room" "The Meeting Place" "Time Has Come Again"

"My Mistakes Were Made for You" is the third single released by The Last Shadow Puppets. It was released on October 20, 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 October 21 and on CD on November 4, 2008.

The song was inspired by Scott Walker's song "The Old Man's Back Again", off his album Scott 4.^[4]

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
French Singles Chart[5]	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
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Mistakes Were Made for You"	3:04
2.	"Paris Summer[6]" (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)
6.	"Standing Next to Me" (acoustic)
7.	"The Meeting Place" (acoustic)
8.	"My Mistakes Were Made for You" (acoustic)

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. Miles appears later. It won best video award at the NME Awards 2009.^[7]

References

1. ^ "Last Shadow Puppets Single". Clash. http://www.clashmusic.com/news/last-shadow-puppets-single. Retrieved 15 March 2011. 
2. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001EKUHQW
3. ^ http://www.nme.com/news/the-last-shadow-puppets/39488
4. ^ "My Mistakes Were Made For You". http://www.theageoftheunderstatement.com/mymistakesweremadeforyou.html. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
5. ^ http://acharts.us/song/40240
6. ^ http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/singles/22-09-08/my-mistakes-were-made-for-you/
7. ^ http://thelastshadowpuppets.com/news/the-last-shadow-puppets-announce-new-single/