"Paris" is the second single by

Friendly Fires Friendly Fires are an English indie rock band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently signed to XL Recordings. Their self-titled debut album was released on 1 September 2008, and was announced as one of the shortlisted twelv ...

taken from the band's self-titled debut album ''

''. The song features backing vocals from the members of the American

indie pop Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and su ...

trio

Au Revoir Simone Au Revoir Simone is an American indie pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard/bass) and Heather D'Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard ...

, and samples the song "Sun and Ice" from the album '' From Here We Go Sublime'' by The Field. The Aeroplane remix of the song features the members of Au Revoir Simone on lead vocals. In October 2011, music magazine ''

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'' placed it at number 47 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". In 2012, "Paris" was listed by ''

'' in 48th place on its list of "50 Most Explosive Choruses."

Track listing

12" vinyl # "Paris" (Justus Kohncke Remix) – 10:30 # "Paris" ( Aeroplane Remix ft. Au Revoir Simone) – 7:45 Downloadhttp://hmv.com/hmvweb/digitalProductDetails.do?ctx=70000500;8;-1;-1;-1&productId=7444723 # "Paris" – 4:02 # "Paris" (Aeroplane Remix) – 7:45 # "Paris" (Justus Kohncke Remix) – 10:30

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paris (Song) 2008 singles 2008 songs XL Recordings singles Friendly Fires songs