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band Biffy Clyro's fifth studio album, ''

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provides additional lead guitar in the song. Despite being one of the lower charting songs from the album (reaching #34 on the UK singles chart), it has spent more weeks in the top 100 than any other Biffy Clyro song.

Background and recording

According to the band's official website, the CD single of the song will feature new tracks 'Sad Sad Songs', 'Hiya' and 'Street Love' as b-sides across the formats, CD, 2 x 7" Vinyl and Download. It was added to the BBC Radio 1 A List on 21 April 2010. In an interview with

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Simon Neil was quick to praise Josh Homme's guitar skills: "He came to the studio and listened to the song," he said, "and two minutes later, he was playing the best guitar solo you've ever heard." 'Street Love' contains the Chorus of older bootlegs/live versions of single 'That Golden Rule'.
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Track listing

CD single 14FLR41X, 5051865731375 #"Bubbles" - 5:01 #"Sad Sad Songs " - 2:54 7" Blue Vinyl14FLR41, 5051865731276 #"Bubbles" - 5:01 #"Hiya" - 3:22 7" Green Vinyl14FLR41CD, 5051865731122 #"Bubbles" - 5:01 #"Street Love" - 2:48 iTunes Digital EP #Bubbles - 5:01 #Sad Sad Songs - 2:54 #Hiya - 3:22 #Street Love - 2:48

Critical performance

When

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commented on ''

'', they said on "Bubbles",

Personnel

Simon Neil Simon Alexander Neil (born 31 August 1979) is a Scottish vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. He is known for his work in the bands Biffy Clyro and Marmaduke Dukeand also new band with Mike Vennart, Empire state bastard. Career Biffy Clyro ...

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: * Ben Johnston:

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* James Johnston:

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Chart performance

After receiving placement on

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's A Playlist, "Bubbles" began to receive increasing amounts of digital downloads throughout April 2010. The single entered the

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at #93 on 25 April 2010. The following week the single climbed 33 places to #60. On 9 May 2010, "Bubbles" climbed into the Top 40 at #40, making it the fifth consecutive single from ''Only Revolutions'' to enter the UK Top 40. The following week, the single climbed 6 places to its chart peak of #34, before falling back 6 places to #40 on 23 May 2010.

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions NME Review
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bubbles (Biffy Clyro Song) Biffy Clyro songs 2010 singles Songs written by Simon Neil Song recordings produced by Garth Richardson 2009 songs 14th Floor Records singles