"Face for the Radio" is the fifth single to be released by

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band The View, and the last to be released from their debut album ''

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''. It was released in the

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on 25 June 2007 (see

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) on CD and

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formats. "Face for the Radio" is entirely acoustic, and is the only acoustic track on the ''Hats Off to the Buskers'' album. The title may refer to a friendly radio DJ known to the band. The song was

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's Record of the Week for the week commencing 23 May, the same week in which it entered the C-list in the Radio 1 playlist. It was promoted to the B-list for the week commencing 6 June. The band performed the track on 1 March 2007 at the 2007 Shockwaves NME Awards, on the same night they won the award for "Best Track" with their debut single, "

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". There are also notably no proper B-sides on the single. The single was not a commercial success, receiving very little airplay on mainstream radio. It was The View's first single that had failed to reach the UK Top 40, peaking at No. 69. It was the band's lowest charting single at that point up until "Temptation Dice".

Charts

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Track listing

* UK CD # "Face for the Radio" – 3:18 # "Streetlights" (Live from Caird Hall) # "Face for the Radio" (Video) – 3:18 # Dryburgh Style (Video) – 6:27 #* This is the same video that is available with the purchase of ''Hats Off to the Buskers'' on the

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. * UK 7" # "Face for the Radio" – 3:18 # ''Etching''

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