"Tear Up This Town" is a 2016 song by English
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
band
Keane. The song was released as a one-off single to feature on the soundtrack of the 2016 fantasy film ''
A Monster Calls
''A Monster Calls'' is a low fantasy novel written for young adults by Patrick Ness (from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd) illustrated by Jim Kay and published by Walker in 2011. Set in present-day England, it features a boy who struggles ...
'', directed by
J. A. Bayona (Keane worked with Bayona on the video for their 2012 single "
Disconnected"). The song was made available for digital download on 23 September 2016.
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2016 singles
2016 songs
Island Records singles
Keane (band) songs
Songs written by Jesse Quin
Songs written by Richard Hughes (musician)
Songs written by Tim Rice-Oxley
Songs written by Tom Chaplin