America (Razorlight song)

Infobox Single
Name = America


Artist = Razorlight
from Album = Razorlight
B-side = "Teenage Logic", "Fine"
Released = October 2 2006
Format = 7", CD
Recorded =
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 4:10
Label = Mercury, Vertigo Records
Writer = Andy Burrows
Producer = Chris Thomas
Certification = Silver (UK)
Last single = "In the Morning"
(July 2006)
This single = "America"
(October 2006)
Next single = "Before I Fall to Pieces"
(December 2006)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Razorlight
Type = studio
prev_track = "Hold On"
prev_no = 3
this_track = "America"
track_no = 4
next_track = "Before I Fall to Pieces"
next_no = 5 |

"America" is a song by Anglo-Swedish indie rock band Razorlight, and is the fourth track to their self-titled second album, "Razorlight". It was written by the Razorlight and was also released as the second single from that album in October 2006. It became the band's first #1 single in the United Kingdom (see 2006 in British music) and on September 30, it shot to #1 the iTunes Most Downloaded Songs Of The Day. The single was the UK's seventeenth best selling single of the year. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40_2006.shtml Top 40 Singles of 2006] , from BBC Radio 1 website ] The song debuted at #37 in the Dutch Top 40 in October 2006, after the act performed the song at the Dutch TMF Awards of 2006, which were held on October 13, 2006. A few weeks later, it peaked at #9 in the Netherlands.

Track listings

*7" 1705367
#"America"
#"Wilfred Owen" (demo)
*7" 1705369
#"America"
#"Down to the Coast" (demo)
*CD 1705368
#"America"
#"Teenage Logic"
#"Fine"

References