"The Sound of Winter" is a song by British band

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. The song is the second single released from the band's fifth studio album '' The Sea of Memories''.

Music video

Directed by Meiert Avis, on 9 and 10 August in

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, the music video opens in similar fashion to that of the music video for the song "

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, with

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walking down the beach on a cold, grey morning singing the first verse and chorus. Afterwards the video unfolds into a blissful summer party with jamming, shooting pool, and guitar playing on the beach. Chris Traynor's wife and daughter also appear in the video.

Release and promotion

The song was the second single released from the band's fifth studio album " The Sea of Memories", and was released on 22 July 2011. The band appeared on ''

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'' on 21 July, debuting the song to promote the album. The band also performed the song on ''

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'' on 22 September and Discovery Channel's ''

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'' ''Live'' on 6 December 2011. Their ''Chopper'' appearance marked the series' second highest rated episode to date. The song was also featured on the television series ''

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'' soundtrack and in the 2013 film '' The Call''.

Commercial performance

On 18 October 2011, "The Sound of Winter" topped the

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chart, knocking off "

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" by the

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. It was the band's fifth number-one hit single on the chart (their first in 12 years, since 1999's " The Chemicals Between Us"), as well as their first self-released single to reach number one on the alternative radio chart. On 19 November, it topped the

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chart, becoming their first number-one song on the chart.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sound Of Winter, The 2011 singles Bush (British band) songs Songs written by Gavin Rossdale Song recordings produced by Bob Rock 2011 songs Music videos directed by Meiert Avis