| Audience | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cold War Kids |
| Album: | Behave Yourself |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | 2009 at Tackyland (Long Beach) |
| Genre: | Indie rock, blues rock |
| Label: | Downtown |
| Producer: | Matt Wignall |
| Chronology: | Cold War Kids |
| Prev Title: | I've Seen Enough |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Louder Than Ever |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"Audience" (often titled as "Audience of One") is a song by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. It was the sole single off their seventh EP Behave Yourself (2010). The song was made available as a free download by the band in November 2009 before being officially released on December 1, 2009.
"Audience" had a great response from critics who saw it as a return to form for the band. The song peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, their third top 40 hit on that chart. A music video was made for the single and premiered in January 2010.
"Audience" was given a great reception from critics. Heather Phares of AllMusic praised the song, saying that it brought the band's sound and Willett's voice "closer to the Jeff Buckley-tinged side of their music than their feisty rock".[2] Dave Park of Prefix also praised the song, saying that he found "a latently bittersweet quality to it that adds an extra layer of humanity and relativity to the affair".[3]
Directed by Vern Moen, the video takes places on a sailboat where the band members play one-half of a couple going through their morning at sea, while subtitles show what each other is saying. Intercut are scenes of the band performing in a house and when each of them are seen underwater. The video was uploaded on the band's YouTube page on January 25, 2010.