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, released on 19 May 2011. It was originally planned to be the first single released from the band's third studio album ''

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.'' However, Rou Reynolds later confirmed that it would not feature, and instead will be a stand-alone single much like the previous single " Destabilise". The song was first played live at the SXSW Festival on 18 March 2011 in Austin,

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. The track's debut airing was on 19 May 2011

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show, he chose the track for the "Hottest Record In the World" spot.BBC – Zane Lowe's Hottest Records blog: Hottest Record – Enter Shikari – Quelle Surprise
/ref> The single was released on iTunes shortly after being played on Zane's show. The single comes with 3 b-sides, 2 of them being remixes of "Destabilise", one by Reynolds' side project ROUT and the other by London artists Creatures of Love. The other b-side being a live recording of "Hectic" from the Enter Shikari Christmas party featuring Matty P. It was announced that on 11 July 2011 that this EP would be released as a limited edition 2 7" vinyl set (one will be red, the other will be white). The song was eventually included on ''

'' as a bonus track on the iTunes version of the album in the UK and Ireland. The same edition of the album also included the previous standalone single " Destabilise" as a bonus track, as well.

Track listing

Personnel

;Enter Shikari * Rou Reynolds - vocals, electronics * Rory Clewlow - guitar, background vocals * Chris Batten - bass, background vocals * Rob Rolfe - drums, background vocals ;Production *

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- production, mixing

Charts

References

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