Echoes (Klaxons song)

"Echoes" is the first single to be released 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".

"Echoes"
Single by Klaxons
from the album Surfing the Void
B-side"Sorcerer City"
Released16 August 2010
Recorded2009
GenreIndie rock,[1] new rave, space rock
Length3:37
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Klaxons
Producer(s)Ross Robinson
Klaxons singles chronology
"As Above, So Below"
(2007)		 "Echoes"
(2010)		 "Twin Flames"
(2010)

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
No.TitleLength
1."Echoes"3:52
2."Sorcerer City"3:09
  • 7" single
No.TitleLength
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.
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