| Pictures | |
| Cover: | Sneaky Sound System - Pictures.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sneaky Sound System |
| Album: | Sneaky Sound System (2006) & Sneaky Sound System (2009) |
| Studio: | Whack on Warners |
| Length: | 3:16 |
| Label: | Whack |
| Prev Title: | I Love It |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | UFO |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
"Pictures" is the fourth single by Australian dance group Sneaky Sound System, taken from their self-titled debut album Sneaky Sound System (2006).
The Angus McDonald and Daimon Downey directed music video was nominated for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 2007.[1]
It was released on 21 July 2008 in the UK as the first single, taken from their self-titled second UK compilation album Sneaky Sound System (2009). It debuted at 95 then rose the next week to 76.
"Pictures" was written by Connie Mitchell and Angus McDonald and came second in the Dance/Electronica category of the 2007 International Songwriting Competition.[2]
"Pictures" was famously covered by the late Richard Marsland of Get This radio fame. His performance on his community TV show garnered critical acclaim from the likes of Rex Hunt, Warwick Capper and The Vengaboys, although Tony 'Andrew Bolt' Martin described Marsland's ARIA nomination as going "to waste". Despite such stinging criticism, Marsland's cover became one of the biggest hits that summer in Australia.
"Pictures" was also covered by Tonite Only, whose version was number one on the ARIA Club Chart for 18 weeks.
| Chart (2006–08) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart[3] | 19 |
| Australian Artists Singles Chart[4] | 6 |
Australian Club Tracks Chart
| 1 |
| Australian Dance Chart[5] | 4 |
| Australian Digital Tracks Chart | 22 |
UK Singles Chart[6]
| 76 |
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
Australian Club Tracks Chart[7]
| 2 |
| Chart (2006) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Top Club Tracks Chart[8] | 24 | |
| Chart (2007) | Position | |
| Australian Singles Chart[9] | 53 | |
| Chart (2017) | Position | |
Australian Top Club Tracks Chart[10]
| 26 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Catalogue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 December 2006 | CD | Whack | WHACK05 | [11] | |
| Various | Digital download | — | [12] | |||
| Australia | 11 December 2006 | 12" vinyl | WHACKV03 | |||
| Various | 11 July 2008 | Digital download | Elmlowe | — | [13] | |
| 18 July 2008 | [14] | |||||
| United Kingdom | 21 July 2008 | CD | SNEAK1CD | [15] | ||
| 7-inch vinyl | SNEAK1V1 | [16] | ||||
| 12" vinyl | SNEAK1V2 | |||||
| Various | 8 September 2017 | Digital download | Astrx | ASTRXCD157[17] | [18] |