Echoes (Klaxons song)

"Echoes"
Single by Klaxons
from the album Surfing the Void
B-side	"Sorcerer City"
Released	16 August 2010
Recorded	2009
Genre	Indie rock[1] new rave space rock
Length	3:37
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Klaxons
Producer(s)	Ross Robinson
Klaxons singles chronology
"As Above, So Below" (2007) "Echoes" (2010) "Twin Flames" (2010)

"Echoes" is the first single by British indie rock[2] band Klaxons from their second studio album, Surfing the Void. The song was released through Polydor Records as a digital download on 15 August 2010, with a vinyl and CD single release the following day. The single was added to BBC Radio 1's A Playlist in July 2010. The single cover was shot by London-based photographer Ben Rayner. The song appears on Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit in 2010 along with the song "Twin Flames".

Music video

The music video to accompany the release of "Echoes" premiered on Channel 4 at 12:25 am on 17 July 2010 as part of a 4Music exclusive. It was then released on YouTube later that day from the band's record label YouTube page.[3] The video features the band performing the song in the White Desert in Farafra, Egypt.[4]

Track listing

• CD single[5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Echoes"	3:52
2.	"Sorcerer City"	3:09

• 7" single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Echoes"	3:52
2.	"Birdman"	3:17

Charts

Chart performance for "Echoes"

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[6]	95
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[7]	22
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[8]	20
UK Singles (OCC)[9]	55

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United Kingdom	15 August 2010	Digital Download
	16 August 2010	CD single
		Vinyl

References

1. "Klaxons Mercury award winners". Clash. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
2. "Klaxons Mercury award winners". Clash. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
3. "- YouTube". YouTube.
4. "Klaxons chooses Egypt's White Desert for new music video". thelocationguide. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
5. "Echoes: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl". UK: Amazon.
6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 156.
7. "Klaxons – Echoes" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
8. "Klaxons – Echoes" (in French). Ultratip.
9. "Klaxons: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.