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"Never Miss a Beat"
Song

"Never Miss a Beat" is a song by the British alternative rock band Kaiser Chiefs that was released as the lead single from the band's third album Off with Their Heads on 6 October, 2008. The song was produced by Mark Ronson and features backing vocals from Lily Allen and members of the rock group New Young Pony Club.[2] It was premiered on 27 August, 2008 on the Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1.

On 17 September, 2008, the song was added to BBC Radio 1's A-List.

On 12 October, 2008, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at #5, therefore marking the band's second UK Top 5 single as well as their fifth to enter the UK Top 10.

This song is featured in the iPhone application Tap Tap Revenge.

The song was used on the Official Formula One website as the background music for the video highlights of the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix

This song was used for the soundtrack in MLB 09: The Show.

Channel Ten used the song during advertisements promoting its 2009 Australian Football League coverage on its main channel as well as its High Definition channel One HD.

Tracklisting

CD

  1. "Never Miss a Beat"
  2. "Sooner or Later"

7"

  1. "Never Miss a Beat"
  2. "How Do You Feel About That?"
  3. "Never Miss a Beat Ft Girls Aloud"

Music video

The music video was directed by Goodtimes and was released on October 6 2008.

The video shows the band performing in an empty restaurant with sporadic glimpses of people wearing masks occurring frequently throughout.

Ricky Wilson plays a weather man and appears on a television next to the band.

Video Credits: Music video by Kaiser Chiefs performing Never Miss a Beat: Video with Mark Ronson [Producer], Eliot James [Producer], Phil Tidy [Video Producer], Goodtimes [Video Director] (C) 2008 [3]

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Belgian Singles Chart[4] 43
Dutch Top 40[5] 74
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[6] 17
German Singles Chart[7] 76
Irish Singles Chart[8] 49
UK Singles Chart[9] 5
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[10] 47

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ http://drownedinsound.com/news/4099428
  3. ^ http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=OQK7RYDQlSs
  4. ^ "Discografie Kaiser Chiefs". UltraTop.be/nl. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  5. ^ "Discografie Kaiser Chiefs". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  6. ^ "European Hot 100 Singles (Chart Listing for the Week of Nov 01 2008)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  7. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Kaiser Chiefs / Single". MusicLine.de. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  8. ^ "Discography Kasier Chiefs". Irish-Charts.com. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  9. ^ "Chart Stats: Kaiser Chiefs". ChartStats.com. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  10. ^ [www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm "Chartifacts: Kaiser Chiefs"]. ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2008.


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