When We Collide
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| Single by Biffy Clyro | |||||||||||||
| from the album Only Revolutions | |||||||||||||
| B-side | Toottoottoot Lonely Revolutions Creative Burns |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| Single by Matt Cardle | ||||
| from the album Letters | ||||
| Released | 12 December 2010 | |||
| 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 | |||
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| Digital Spy | (Positive) |
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"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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