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Farewell to the Fairground

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Released
  
23 March 2009

Recorded
  
May–September 2008

Format
  
CD, 2 x 7-inch record

Studio
  
ICP Studios, Brussels

B-side
  
"Love Lockdown", various remixes

Genre
  
Indie rock, post-punk revival

"Farewell to the Fairground" is a song from London-based indie rock band, White Lies. It was released on 23 March 2009 through Fiction Records. It is their third single from debut album To Lose My Life..., and fourth single overall. The band have recorded a video for the track with director Andreas Nilsson, filmed in Nikel, Russia. They have also released photographs of the shoot in an email newsletter to fans.

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History and release

The track was recorded along with nine other tracks in Brussels' ICP Studios between May and September 2008. In a track-by-track review of their debut album for NME, the band stated that it was one of a number of tracks which were written particularly quickly during the recording process, having only recorded demo versions of five tracks prior to signing to Fiction and entering the studio. The band described the track as one of their more up-beat tracks, and that it would be released alongside various remixes. A remix of the song, titled "Farewell to the Fairground (Yuksek remix)", had previously appeared as a b-side to previous single "To Lose My Life". The single featured the band's cover version of "Love Lockdown" as a b-side, originally performed by Kanye West. The single charted at #84 in the week of its release. It then rose to #33 the week after, becoming the band's highest ever charting single.

Track listing

CD
  1. "Farewell to the Fairground" (Single Mix)
  2. "Farewell to the Fairground" (Future Funk Squad's "Black Truth" Remix)
7" vinyl (1)
  1. "Farewell to the Fairground" (Single Mix)
  2. "Love Lockdown" (Radio 1 Live Lounge Version)
7" vinyl (2)
  1. "Farewell to the Fairground" (Single Mix)
  2. "Farewell to the Fairground" (Rory Phillips White Horse Mix)
iTunes EP
  1. "Farewell to the Fairground" (Single Mix)
  2. "Love Lockdown" (Radio 1 Live Lounge Version)
  3. "Farewell to the Fairground" (Rory Phillips White Horse Mix)
  4. "Farewell to the Fairground" (Disco Bloodbath Remix)

Appearance In Other Media

The song is played on the station Horizon Rocks in the video game Forza Horizon

References

Farewell to the Fairground Wikipedia
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