Spiralling
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| Single by Keane | ||||
| from the album Perfect Symmetry | ||||
| Released | 4 August 2008 | |||
| Format | Digital download, 7" vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 2008, Teldex Studios, Berlin | |||
| Genre | Synthpop | |||
| Length |
4:19 (album version) 3:26 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
Tim Rice-Oxley Tom Chaplin Richard Hughes Jesse Quin |
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| Producer(s) | Keane | |||
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"Spiralling" is a song released by Keane, on 4 August 2008 at 10:59 (CEST) as the first single of their third album, Perfect Symmetry. It was released in a similar fashion to that of "Atlantic" as a digital download only single; however, it was available as a free download from Keanemusic.com for the first week of release. On 31 July, the message "When we fall in love, we're just falling in love with ourselves" appeared on the band's website in reference to the track. On 11 August 2008, the song was released as an official digital download on various online music stores. The song was said to be inspired by wrestling legend Ric Flair who Tom Chaplin described as a personal hero for his try hard mentality in the ring. His trademark "woo" inspired the song. Frontman Tom Chaplin described the song as "a train of thought about human endeavour, built on an outrageous groove".
The song went on to become the most broadcast song of the world during its first week of release, as well as the fastest-downloading song ever for Universal, reaching 500,000 downloads in less than a week.
Keane performed the song live to an audience for the first time at the 2008 GQ Awards on 2 September 2008.
The song won Best Track at the Q Awards on 6 October 2008, with all three members of the band present at the ceremony to accept the award. In 2013, Christoper McBridge of Drowned in Sound said the song "showcased Keane, for perhaps the only time in their career, in exhilarating day-glo mode. It is a sleek, shiny number which is no doubt one of the great pop singles of the past five years."
Despite Spiralling being one of the biggest hits of 2008, the single only reached number 23 in the UK charts.
The music video for "Spiralling" was released on the Keane Official Website on 26 September. Composer Tim Rice-Oxley left a note reading "Andras Ketzer has perfectly represented the difference between the idealised dream and the dystopian reality of human existence". It features robots walking in such a manner of the I, Robot film adaptation and shots of lead singer Tom Chaplin staring at TV sets while sitting in a couch. There are also shots of him singing the song from inside a blue room.
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