"Echoes"
Single by Klaxons
from the album Surfing the Void
B-side"Sorcerer City"
Released16 August 2010
Recorded2009
Genre
Length3:37
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Klaxons
Producer(s)Ross Robinson
Klaxons singles chronology
"As Above, So Below"
(2007)		 "Echoes"
(2010)		 "Twin Flames"
(2010)

"Echoes" is the first single by British indie rock[2] band Klaxons from their second studio album, Surfing the Void. The song was released through Polydor Records as a digital download on 15 August 2010, with a vinyl and CD single release the following day. The single was added to BBC Radio 1's A Playlist in July 2010. The single cover was shot by London-based photographer Ben Rayner. The song appears on Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit in 2010 along with the song "Twin Flames".

Music video

The music video to accompany the release of "Echoes" premiered on Channel 4 at 12:25 am on 17 July 2010 as part of a 4Music exclusive. It was then released on YouTube later that day from the band's record label YouTube page.[3] The video features the band performing the song in the White Desert in Farafra, Egypt.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Echoes"3:52
2."Sorcerer City"3:09
  • 7" single
No.TitleLength
1."Echoes"3:52
2."Birdman"3:17

Charts

Chart performance for "Echoes"
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 95
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[7] 22
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[8] 20
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 55

Release history

Region Date Format
United Kingdom 15 August 2010 Digital Download
16 August 2010 CD single
Vinyl

References

  1. ↑ "Klaxons Mercury award winners". Clash. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Klaxons Mercury award winners". Clash. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "- YouTube". YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Klaxons chooses Egypt's White Desert for new music video". thelocationguide. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Echoes: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl". UK: Amazon.
  6. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 156.
  7. ↑ "Klaxons – Echoes" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  8. ↑ "Klaxons – Echoes" (in French). Ultratip.
  9. ↑ "Klaxons: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
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