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Many Of Horror

"Many of Horror"
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Single by Biffy Clyro
from the album Only Revolutions
B-side Toottoottoot
Lonely Revolutions
Creative Burns
Released 18 January 2010
Format CD single, digital download, 7" single
Recorded 2009
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:19
Label 14th Floor
Writer(s) Simon Neil
Producer(s) Garth Richardson
Biffy Clyro singles chronology
"The Captain"
(2009)
"Many of Horror"
(2010)
"Bubbles"
(2010)
Only Revolutions track listing
  1. "The Captain"
  2. "That Golden Rule"
  3. "Bubbles"
  4. "God and Satan"
  5. "Born on a Horse"
  6. "Mountains"
  7. "Shock Shock"
  8. "Many of Horror"
  9. "Booooom, Blast & Ruin"
  10. "Cloud of Stink"
  11. "Know Your Quarry"
  12. "Whorses"
Music video
"Many of Horror" on YouTube
"When We Collide"
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Single by Matt Cardle
from the album Letters
Released 12 December 2010 (2010-12-12)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2010
Genre Indie pop
Length 3:43
Label Syco, Sony
Writer(s) Simon Neil
Producer(s) Richard "Biff" Stannard, Ash Howes
Matt Cardle singles chronology
"When We Collide"
(2010)
"Run for Your Life"
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
BBC 1/5 stars
Digital Spy (Positive)
Female First 4/5 stars
The Beat Review 4.5/5 stars
Unreality Shout 2/5 stars

"Many of Horror" is an alternative rock song written by Simon Neil of Scottish band Biffy Clyro for their fifth studio album Only Revolutions. The song was released as the fourth single from the album on 18 January 2010. The song was recorded at Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California and mastered at Masterdisk. The lyrics of the song concern Neil's wife and family. Jacknife Lee, who previously remixed "Silhouettes" for the Biffy Clyro and Sucioperro side project Marmaduke Duke, recorded a remix for the song.

Matt Cardle, winner of the 2010 series of The X Factor, recorded a studio version of the song under the title "When We Collide" and released it as his debut single, after having performed it in the final of the competition. Biffy Clyro fans launched an internet campaign to get the original track "Many of Horror" to the festive charts, with fans joining a Facebook campaign urging people to buy Biffy Clyro's original single rather than Cardle's cover version. This resulted in the Biffy Clyro version reaching number 8 in the UK Singles Chart, its highest position ever, and Cardle's version became the UK Christmas number 1.

The song is featured on the deluxe edition soundtrack to the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon and is played during the end credits. It was also used by Sky Sports as the song for their closing montage of their 2014 Ryder Cup coverage on the 28th September 2014.

Critical reception of "Many of Horror" was generally positive.

Jamie Fullerton of NME called "Many of Horror" a "perfect rock ballad". Tim Newbound of Rock Sound described it as "beautifully serene" and stated it balances out more aggressive songs on the album. Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic described the song as "mellow".


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