Panic Switch

"Panic Switch"
Single by Silversun Pickups
from the album Swoon
Released	March 17, 2009
Genre	Alternative rock, dream pop, shoegaze
Length	5:44
Label	Dangerbird
Writer(s)	Silversun Pickups
Producer	Dave Cooley
Silversun Pickups singles chronology
"Little Lover's So Polite" (2008) "Panic Switch" (2009) "Substitution" (2009)

"Panic Switch" is a song by the American indie rock band Silversun Pickups. It was the first single released from the group's second album, Swoon (2009), on March 17, 2009. The song reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, becoming their first number-one single on any Billboard chart.^[1] "Panic Switch" was the first song by an independent artist to reach number one on the chart in 11 years.^[2] After a one week stay at number one, it spent eleven weeks at number two behind Linkin Park's "New Divide". It is also their first Hot 100 entry, peaking at number 92.

When asked about the song, singer Brian Aubert told MTV that the song was added late to the album, almost as an afterthought. It is meant to represent a nervous breakdown, which is a major theme of the album.^[3]

The song was featured in a trailer for the 2011 film Sucker Punch.

Chart performance

Chart (2009-2010)	Peak position
German Singles Chart [4]	73
Peru Year-End Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	92
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	38

References

1. ^ "Artist Chart History - Silversun Pickups - Singles". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=684468&model.vnuAlbumId=1223102. Retrieved May 22, 2009. 
2. ^ "Silversun Pickups Hit #1 With Lead Single "Panic Switch"". Dangerbird Records. http://www.dangerbirdrecords.com/news/entry/sspu-one. Retrieved November 21, 2009. 
3. ^ Montgomery, James (March 5, 2009). "Exclusive: Silversun Pickups Preview A Pair Of Swoon Songs". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1606334/20090304/silversun_pickups.jhtml. Retrieved March 31, 2009. 
4. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/germany

Preceded by "New Divide" by Linkin Park

Billboard Alternative Songs number-one single June 27, 2009

Succeeded by "New Divide" by Linkin Park