"Tightrope" | ||||
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Single by Walk the Moon | ||||
from the album Anna Sun EP, Walk the Moon, and Tightrope EP | ||||
Released | October 5, 2012 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2012; Doppler Studios, Atlanta, Georgia | |||
Genre | Indie pop | |||
Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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Producer(s) | Ben Allen | |||
Walk the Moon singles chronology | ||||
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"Tightrope" is a song by American rock band Walk the Moon. It was written by Chris Robinson, Eli Maiman, Kevin Ray, Nicholas Petricca and Sean Waugaman. The song appeared on the band's first major-label debut album, Walk the Moon, and was later included on its own self-titled EP as the lead track.
Joe Robinson from Diffuser praised the song's production with its "infectious melodies, swirling guitars and party-starting dance beats all swirled together through an electronic pulse."
Although never released as an official stand-alone single for download, "Tightrope" peaked at number 15 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, giving Walk the Moon their second top twenty hit on that chart after "Anna Sun". Outside the Alternative Songs chart, it reached number twenty one on the Adult Alternative Songs chart and number twenty seven on the Hot Rock Songs chart. "Tightrope" was also Walk the Moon's first song to enter the Rock Airplay chart, reaching number thirty three. The song also appeared on the Mexico Ingles Airplay chart for one week at number 81.
The official music video for "Tightrope" was released in October 5, 2012.
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Walk the Moon.