Face for the Radio

Infobox Single
Name = Face for the Radio


Artist = The View
from Album = Hats Off to the Buskers
Released = June 25, 2007
Format = 7", CD
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Indie rock
Label = [http://www.1965records.com 1965 Records]
Producer = Owen Morris
Chart position = * #69 UK
Last single = "The Don"/"Skag Trendy" (2007)
This single = "Face for the Radio"
(2007)
Next single = "5 Rebeccas"
(2008)

"Face for the Radio" is the fifth single to be released by Dundee band The Viewcite web|url=http://www.theviewareonfire.com/story.php?newsID=180|title=Information On Single Release|publisher=From The View's [http://www.theviewareonfire.com website] |accessdate=2007-06-27] , and the last to be released from their debut album "Hats Off to the Buskers". It was released in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2007 (see 2007 in British music) on CD and 7" vinyl formatscite web|url=http://www.theviewareonfire.com/story.php?newsID=180|title=Information On Single Release|publisher=From The View's [http://www.theviewareonfire.com website] |accessdate=2007-06-27] .

"Face for the Radio" is entirely acoustic, and is the only acoustic track on the "Hats Off to the Buskers" album. The title may refer to a friendly radio DJ known to the band.

The song was BBC Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman's Record of the Week for the week commencing May 23, the same week in which it entered the C-list in the Radio 1 playlist. It was promoted to the B-list for the week commencing June 6. The band performed the track on March 1, 2007 at the 2007 Shockwaves NME Awards, on the same night they won the award for "Best Track" with their debut single, "Wasted Little DJs"cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/awards/news/26770|title=NME article on Awards show|publisher=From [http://www.nme.com nme.com] |accessdate=2007-06-27] . The are also notably no proper B-sides on the single.

The single was not a commercial success, receiving very little airplay on mainstream radio. It is so far The View's only single that has failed to make the UK Top 40.

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Track listing

* UK CD
# "Face for the Radio" – 3:18
# "Streetlights" (Live from Caird Hall)
# "Face for the Radio" (Video) – 3:18
# Dryburgh Style (Video) – 6:27
#* This is the same video that is available with the purchase of "Hats Off to the Buskers" on the iTunes Store.

* UK 7"
# "Face for the Radio" – 3:18
# "Etching"

References

External links

* [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/t/the_view/face_for_the_radio_crd.htm Guitar chords]
* [http://www.theviewareonfire.com/lyrics.php Lyrics]
* [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/t/the_view/face_for_the_radio_solo_tab.htm Guitar tab]