"An End Has a Start" is the title track and second single from

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' second album. The single was released on 3 September 2007 on CD, maxi-CD and 7" vinyl. The B-side "Open Up" first appeared on the Japanese edition of the album as a bonus track. The song was used by the

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as the backtrack in a montage style commercial, giving the track considerable exposure that it otherwise would not have received. It has also been covered by German folk metal band

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on their 2008 album, ''Sängerkrieg''. The song reached #27 on the

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in September 2007.UK Singles Chart info
OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009.

Track listings

UK Digital download: # "An End Has a Start" – 3:45 # "An End Has a Start" (Acoustic) – 4:00 # "An End Has a Start" (Live) – 3:51 CD1: SKCD95 * Card sleeve # "An End Has a Start" – 3:45 # "Open Up" – 3:40 CD2: SKCD952 *Maxi Card sleeve # "An End Has a Start" – 3:45 # "An End Has a Start" (Jacknife Lee Remix) – 5:24 # "An End Has a Start" ( The Whip Remix) – 5:38 # "An End Has a Start" (Boom Bip Remix) – 5:04 7" vinyl: SKX95 * Clear vinyl # "An End Has a Start" – 3:45 # "Open Up" – 3:40 European CD single: 449.3087.124 PIL 087 CDS * Card sleeve # "An End Has a Start" – 3:45 # "The Picture" – 3:50 # "An End Has a Start" (Acoustic) – 4:00 European CD EP: 449.3087.021 PIL 087 CDS * Slim Digipack # "An End Has a Start" – 3:45 # "An Eye for an Eye" – 4:25 # "The Picture" – 3:50 # "Some Kind of Spark" – 4:26 # "Open Up" – 3:40 # "An End Has a Start" (Acoustic) – 4:00 Promo CD1: SKCD95P * Card sleeve # "An End Has a Start" – 3:45 # "An End Has a Start" (Instrumental) – 3:44 Promo CD2: * Card sleeve / CD-R acetate # "An End Has a Start" ( The Whip Remix) – 5:38 # "An End Has a Start" (The Whip Remix Instrumental) – 5:38 # "An End Has a Start" (Boom Bip Remix) – 5:04 # "An End Has a Start" (Jacknife Lee Remix) – 5:24 # "An End Has a Start" (Jacknife Lee Remix Instrumental) – 5:24 FADER Promo: # "An End Has a Start" – 3:45

Music video

The

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for "An End Has a Start" was directed by

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. It features the band singing in a warehouse type building with models dressed in brightly coloured tights dancing around them.

Cover

German

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band

covered the song on their album Sängerkrieg (2008).

References

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