"Unkind" is a song by Canadian rock group Sloan. The song was released as the first single from the band's tenth studio album, ''

The Double Cross ''The Double Cross'' is the tenth studio album by Canadian rock band Sloan. The title of the album is a nod to their 20th (or XX) anniversary. At a length of 34 minutes, it is Sloan's shortest album to date. It is also the band's first album to b ...

''. The original edit of the song features a "guitar echo" intro/outro. The radio edit doesn't feature the "guitar echo" intro/outro.

Music video

The music video for "Unkind" was filmed by Kevin Hilliard & Tim McCready and premiered on

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on July 5, 2011. The song was received favorably by

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, who described the video as "elegant and classy".

Charts

References

2011 singles Sloan (band) songs 2011 songs Songs written by Patrick Pentland {{2000s-rock-song-stub