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. The track was released in the

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on 16 June 2013 as the fourth single from the band's second studio album, '' Arc'' (2013). The single's B-side is a live recording from the

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Track listing

Credits and personnel

;Recording and mixing *Recorded at RAK Studios,

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; Angelic Studios, Halse; Muttley Ranch, London; Jonathan's Flat,

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; The Garden, London; Crotch Int. Studios,

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mixed at Muttley Ranch, London. ;Personnel *

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- Jonathan Higgs *

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- David Kosten, Everything Everything *

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- Mo Hauseler, Tom A.D. Fuller, David Kosten *Assistant Engineering - Mike Horner, Pete Prokopiw * Mixing - David Kosten *Mastering - John Davis (at Metropolis Mastering) *

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- Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Alex Robertshaw, Michael Spearman Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Arc'', RCA Records, UMP.

Release history

References

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