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Bang Bang You're Dead (song)

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Released
  
24 April 2006

Length
  
3:35

Recorded
  
2005

Label
  
Mercury Records

Format
  
Vinyl record (7"), CD, DVD

Genre
  
Garage rock, Indie rock

"Bang Bang You're Dead" is a song by the band Dirty Pretty Things. It was released as a single on 24 April 2006 and was the first to be released from the band's debut album Waterloo to Anywhere. It proved very successful, charting at #5 on the UK Singles Chart (see 2006 in British music). In 2006, it was used as the theme tune to the BBC series Sorted.

Contents

Early rumours about the song claimed it was about Pete Doherty, citing the lyrics; 'I gave you the midas touch, you turned round and scratched out my heart' as evidence. Carl Barât later denied this in NME magazine.

7"

  1. "Bang Bang You're Dead"
  2. "If You Were Wondering" (Acoustic)

CD

  1. "Bang Bang You're Dead"
  2. "Gin & Milk" (Acoustic Version)
  3. "If You Were Wondering" (Tavern Version)

DVD

  1. "Bang Bang You're Dead"
  2. "Bang Bang Diaries"
  3. "Bang Bang You're Dead Demo" (Filmed at Le Réservoir, Paris, 27 February 2006)

References

Bang Bang You're Dead (song) Wikipedia
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