We're All Going to Die explained

We're All Going to Die
Cover:	We're All Going To Die.jpg
Border:	yes
Type:	single
Artist:	Malcolm Middleton
Album:	A Brighter Beat
Released:	10 & 17 December 2007
Recorded:	2007
Length:	2:49
Label:	Full Time Hobby
Producer:	Tony Doogan
Prev Title:	Fight Like the Night
Prev Year:	2007

"We're All Going to Die" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Malcolm Middleton, and the fourth single released from A Brighter Beat. The song was released on 10 December 2007. A limited-edition seven-inch record was also released at a later date.^[1]

Championed by Colin Murray and other BBC Radio 1 DJs, there was a campaign to make the song the Christmas number-one in the UK singles chart.^[2] The song was originally given odds of 1000/1 to reach the top spot by bookmakers William Hill, the longest odds they have ever given.^[3] The odds were later cut to 9/1,^[1] but in the event the song reached only number 31.^{[4] [5]}

Regarding the song, Middleton notes that the song has "nothing whatsoever" to do with Christmas and that it is about "general life worries."^[6]

Track listing

1. "We're All Going to Die"
2. "We're All Going to Die (Sportsday Megaphone Remix)"
3. "We're All Going to Die (The LK Remix)"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malcolm Middleton "We're All Going To Die" . 5 December 2007 . 2 November 2007. Full Time Hobby.
2. Web site: BBC Radio 1 DJs back Malcolm Middleton's Xmas Number One bid . 5 December 2007 . .
3. Web site: Miserable Christmas! Malcolm Middleton targets yuletide charts. 5 December 2007 . Swash, Rosie. 1 November 2007. Guardian Unlimited . Guardian News and Media Limited.
4. Web site: Festive double for X Factor stars . 23 December 2007 . 2 December 2007. .
5. Web site: Malcolm Middleton. Official Charts Company. 10 January 2013.
6. The Skinny

   Issue 39, 8 Dec pg.39