"For What It's Worth" is the first official

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from

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's sixth studio album, ''

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''.

Release

It was released on 20 April 2009, in a similar fashion to "

"; it first played on

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programme, and then was made available as a digital download from iTunes and emusic. The single featured a cover of

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's "

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" as the B-side. The

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for the song was released on the following day, on the band's MySpace page. The single was released in the U.S. via iTunes and UK via emusic on 5 May 2009.

Reception

The single debuted in the

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at No. 97 after it was released exclusively via iTunes.
It was nominated for the

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Track listing

;CD #"For What It's Worth" #"

" (

cover) #"For What It's Worth" (demo version) ;7"

"For What It's Worth"
"Wouldn't It Be Good" (Nik Kershaw cover)

Charts

References

Placebo (band) songs 2009 singles Songs written by Brian Molko Songs written by Stefan Olsdal Song recordings produced by David Bottrill 2009 songs PIAS Recordings singles Music videos directed by Howard Greenhalgh Songs written by Steve Forrest (musician) Songs written by William Patrick Lloyd {{2000s-rock-single-stub