"We Walk" is a song by English duo

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from their debut studio album, ''

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'' (2008). It was released as the album's sixth and final single on 23 February 2009. "

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" was originally set to be released two weeks before the release of "We Walk" as a download-only single; however, this was cancelled.

Critical reception

Tony Robert Whyte of

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wrote that "We Walk" is "a lush ballad in hiding that's too scared to show its true spots for fear it'll be laughed out of town by cool-as indie types, its incessant cowbell effects eventually tiring the attention despite the album's most heartfelt vocal from White."

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of ''

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'' stated that the song "prove White and De Martino can do glossy and depthless at will, but pop perfection comes less easily."

Music video

The music video for "We Walk", directed by

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, features

Katie White Katie Rebecca White (born 18 January 1983) is an English musician and member of the pop duo The Ting Tings. After some success with a girl group punk trio TKO, which supported Steps and Atomic Kitten, her father David White brought in Jules De ...

and

Jules De Martino Julian "Jules" De Martino (born 16 July 1967) is an English musician and a member of the pop duo The Ting Tings. Early life De Martino was born in West Ham, the son of Northern Irish mother, Rosemary (née Middleton), and Italian father, Benito ...

walking in a park at night, with many of their duplicates around them in frozen poses.

Track listings

*;UK promo CD single #"We Walk" (Radio Edit) – 3:31 #"We Walk" (Instrumental) – 4:04 *;UK limited 12" single :A. "We Walk" – 4:04 :B1. "

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Televized Mix) – 5:53 :B2. "Fruit Machine" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 6:08

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2008 songs 2009 singles Songs written by Katie White Songs written by Jules De Martino Columbia Records singles The Ting Tings songs