Shuffle | |
Cover: | Shuffle (single cover).jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Bombay Bicycle Club |
Album: | A Different Kind of Fix |
Released: | 23 June 2011 |
Recorded: | 2010 |
Genre: | Alternative rock, indie folk |
Length: | 3:54 |
Label: | Island |
Prev Title: | Rinse Me Down |
Prev Year: | 2010 |
Next Title: | Lights Out, Words Gone |
Next Year: | 2011 |
"Shuffle", by British alternative rock band Bombay Bicycle Club, is the first single released from their third studio album, A Different Kind of Fix. Through Island Records, the single was released on 23 June 2011 as a digital download in the United Kingdom. The song was chosen as "Record of The Week" by UK radio DJ Zane Lowe. "Shuffle" would become one of the band's most commercially successful singles.
"Shuffle" peaked at number 64 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's second-most successful single. The single also debuted at number 40 and peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in the United States, the band's first chart appearance in that country.[1] [2] The song also charted at number 60 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 Singles chart.[3]
The music video was uploaded to VEVO and YouTube on 22 July 2011.[4] It features Lucy Rose, a fellow artist who is friends with the band. With over three million views, it is the band's most viewed video on YouTube and VEVO to date.[5]
The song is featured in the 2012 video game Sleeping Dogs and in the 2013 video game . The song was featured in one episode of MTV series .
Chart (2011–12) | Peak position | |
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Japan (Japan Hot 100) | 60 | |
Switzerland Airplay (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] | 94 | |
scope="row" | ||
US Alternative Songs (Billboard) | 38 |
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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United Kingdom | 23 June 2011 | Digital download - Single | Mercury Records |
5 August 2011 | Digital download - Remixes |