"Twenty Years" is a song by English

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, included on their 2004 best-of compilation release '' Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004''. It was the only entirely new song to be released as a single (although " Protège-Moi", a French-language re-recording of an earlier song, was released in France).

Release

In the UK, it peaked at number 18 in the

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.http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/twenty+years In Australia, the song was ranked at 95 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. The song was one of two songs (along with "

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") performed by Placebo at the Paris leg of the international

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benefit concert in 2005.

Live performances

When played live, the song often had an extra middle eight section added on, complete with heavy

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guitar. Since 2009, live shows feature an arrangement of the song that was first performed during the '' Live at Angkor Wat'' concert.

Track listing

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Twenty Years (Song) 2004 singles Placebo (band) songs 2004 songs Virgin Records singles Songs written by Steve Hewitt Songs written by Brian Molko Songs written by Stefan Olsdal