"X" is a song by English-Irish pop group

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. It was released on 19 June 2006 as the third and final single from their third studio album '' X'' (2005). It was the written by band members

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, alongside Johnny Douglas, and was the band's last single before the announcement of their split.X: Amazon.co.uk: Music
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Background

Following the release of Liberty X's '' Children in Need'' single, " A Night to Remember", it was announced that due to poor sales of their third album '' X'', which sold just over 10,000 copies in the

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, that the band would extensively tour the album, in an attempt to promote the failing release. On 7 May 2006, the band were featured in the line up of Aberystwyth University May ball, alongside

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. However, their set was cut short when a smoke bomb was set off during the first two minutes, filling the room with smoke. Firefighters gave the all-clear after 50 minutes, but Liberty X failed to reappear. Students were told the band were not returning to finish their set, and this was met by jeers, as students had paid £37 for the evening.

Music video

The music video for "X" was filmed on a budget of just £4,750, as revealed by Taylor during ''

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'', which was a considerably smaller budget compared to some of the band's other videos, such as the £200,000 budget given to the "

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" video. The band later revealed that they believed the poor outcome of the video contributed to the single's overall chart position. The video features the band performing the song atop a number of CGI buildings and structures, whilst fighting an evil record company boss, shown on a large TV screen atop a skyline skyscraper. At the time, it was reported that the video was a dig at the band's former manager

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, who dropped them after the "poor" chart position of "

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", despite the single peaking at number 13 on the

. The entire video was filmed against a

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Track listings

* UK CD single # "X" (Original Mix) – 3:03 # "X" (Single Radio Edit) – 2:51 * UK DVD single # "X" (Original Mix) (Audio) – 3:23 # "X" (Brooklyn Heights Remix) (Audio) – 5:34 # "X" (Video) – 3:03 # "Song 4 Lovers" (Video) – 3:00 # "X" (Behind the Scenes) – 2:00

Charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control Liberty X songs 2005 songs 2006 singles Songs written by Kevin Simm Virgin Records singles