Bend and Break

Infobox Single
Name = Bend and Break


from Album= Hopes and Fears
Artist = Keane
Released = July 25, 2005
Format = CD Single
Recorded = Helioscentric Studios, Rye, East Sussex
Genre = Piano rock
Length = 3:39
Label = Island
Writer = Tim Rice-Oxley
Tom Chaplin
Richard Hughes
Producer = Andy Green
Last single = "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" (2005)
This single = "Bend and Break" (2005)
Next single = "Atlantic" (2006)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Hopes and Fears
Type = Studio
prev_track = "Somewhere Only We Know"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Bend and Break"
track_no = 2
next_track = "We Might As Well Be Strangers"
next_no = 3

"Bend and Break" is a song performed and composed by English piano rock band Keane's and was released as the sixth and last single from their debut album "Hopes and Fears". It is also their tenth single ever released.This single was released only in some European countries (not in the United Kingdom) such as Germany and Austria, similarly to their 2007 single "Try Again".The single features "Bend and Break", "On a Day Like Today" and a live version of "Allemande", as well as the "Bend and Break" live videoclip. "Bend and Break" is drummer Richard Hughes' favourite Keane song.This was also the last single that used the typeface "Cochin", the one used in the Hopes and Fears era.

The song

It was composed by Tim Rice-Oxley in 2001 so it was first played at the pubs where they used to play. First demos were almost the same as the album version, but with an extra vocal on the song's bridge, like the one on the final chorus of "Somewhere Only We Know".It was recorded like most Keane songs at the Helioscentric Studios, Rye, East Sussex.
*Length: 3:39
*Tempo: 134bpm
*Key: E (maj)
*time signature: 4/4

Track listing

#Bend and Break
#On a Day Like Today
#Allemande (Live)
#Bend and Break (live video)

Chart performance

ee also

*For music samples visit List of songs by Keane.
*For information about b-sides click on the songs above.

External links

* [http://www.keanemusic.com Official site]
* [http://www.keaneshaped.co.uk/disco/bab.htm Keaneshaped - Information about record]