Would You Raise Your Hands? Explained

Would You Raise Your Hands?
Cover:	Would You Raise Your Hands.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Rogue Traders
Album:	Night of the Living Drums
Recorded:	2009
Genre:	Dance-pop, pop rock, electropop
Length:	3:28
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	James Ash
Prev Title:	Love Is a War
Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	Hearts Beat as One
Next Year:	2010

"Would You Raise Your Hands?" is a pop rock song written by Jamie Appleby and Melinda Appleby, and produced by Ash for the Rogue Traders' fourth studio album Night of the Living Drums. It was as released as the album's second single in Australia as a digital download on 12 March 2010 and as a CD single on 9 April 2010. This is the second single with new lead singer Mindi Jackson. The song contains an interpolation of Adam and the Ants' hit "Antmusic".

"Would You Raise Your Hands" was performed live on Australia Day in Canberra, at the 2010 Logies Awards on 2 May 2010, Hey Hey Its Saturday and on Sunrise on 24 May 2010.

Formats and track listings

Australian digital download(Released 12 March 2010)

1. "Would You Raise Your Hands?" - 3:28

Physical Single^[1]

1. "Would You Raise Your Hands?" - 3:28
2. "Would You Raise Your Hands?" (Chew Fu Refix) - 6:40
3. "Would You Raise Your Hands?" (Chris Fraser's Unplugged Remix) - 6:53

iTunes EP(Released 30 April 2010)

1. "Would You Raise Your Hands?" - 3:28
2. "Sign Language" - 3:43
3. "Would You Raise Your Hands?" (Chew Fu Refix) - 6:40
4. "Would You Raise Your Hands?" (Chris Fraser's Unplugged Remix) - 6:53

Charts

After two weeks of promoting the track, it entered the ARIA Chart on 16 May 2010.

Chart performance for "Would You Raise Your Hands?"! Chart (2010)! Peak
position

Australia (ARIA)^[2]	95

External links

• roguetraders.com.au  - official website
• Music video at YouTube
• Logies Award
• Hey Hey Its Saturday
• Sunrise

Notes and References

1. Web site: Buy Would You Raise Your Hands Rogue Traders, Rock/Pop, CD Singles . Sanity . 30 April 2010 . 15 March 2012.
2. Web site: The ARIA Report: Issue 1055 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100610140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100611-0000/Issue1055.pdf . dead . 2010-06-10 . webarchive.nla.gov.au . 23 August 2006 . 15 March 2012.