"Find the Colour" is a song by Welsh rock band Feeder, released as the fourth single from their fourth studio album, ''

Comfort in Sound ''Comfort in Sound'' is the fourth studio album by Welsh rock band Feeder, released on 21 October 2002 and also the first to be released by the band after the suicide of drummer Jon Lee earlier in the year. The album was recorded at RAK Studio ...

'', on 22 September 2003. The single peaked at number 24 on the

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Music video

The music video sees the band performing in a dark room, with the camera panning around them while they are performing. The action is seen in

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, and are actually performing "Godzilla" from their ''

'' album, with the video slown down with "Find the Colour" edited into the video so it looks like they are performing a different song. This could be seen as the band not being too keen on having the song as a single release. It was noted by frontman

Grant Nicholas Grantley Jonathan "Grant" Nicholas (born 12 November 1967) is a Welsh musician, and lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Feeder. Early years Nicholas was born in Newport, South Wales, but grew up in Pwllmeyric, near Chepstow. He was educa ...

in an interview on now-defunct TV channel

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that as the video is seen in slow motion from start to end, it has done something not done by many or any music videos in the past.

Reception

Before the release of the single, the video was getting many plays on

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in the

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. It reached number two on the channel's daily voting chart, and number six in the weekly listings. When the single was released, it eventually stalled at number 24 on the

, mainly due to being the fourth and final single from an album that had already reached platinum status, while also making the track available for 11 months at the time. It also had only one CD format, unlike the previous three having two, thus halving sales amongst fanbase members collecting b-sides, as each CD format had two different songs.

Track listings

CD #"Find the Colour" (single edit) – 3:43 #"Remember the Silence" – 3:51 #"Circles" – 3:00 7-inch vinyl (white) #"Find the Colour" (single edit) – 3:43 #"Remember the Silence" – 3:51

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Find The Colour 2002 songs 2003 singles The Echo Label singles Feeder songs Song recordings produced by Gil Norton Songs written by Grant Nicholas