"Destroy Everything You Touch" is a song by British

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band

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. It was released on 19 September 2005 as the second single from their third studio album, ''

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''. It reached a position of number 42 on the

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, the highest position a Ladytron single has reached to date. It was re-released in the UK on 22 October 2007. The song ranked at #137 on

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's "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s" list.

Music video

The music video, directed by Adam Bartley, shows the members of Ladytron hiking through a

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, facing various hazards such as two-legged creatures attempting to attack them, and having frosty wind blown at them by faces in the mountains (which are the members of Ladytron, with makeup added to them to make their skin look covered with snow and ice).

Remixes

The single has been remixed by Sasha for his mix/remix album

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. On 19 May 2009, a cover version by

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was released on an iTunes single titled "The Faint/Ladytron Tour – Single" (with Ladytron contributing a remix of The Faint's "Mirror Error").

Track listings

CD single, UK (2005) #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (single version) – 3:52 #"Seventeen '05" – 7:18 7" limited edition, UK (2005) #"Destroy Everything You Touch" – 4:21 #"Citadel" – 3:40 Maxi CD enhanced, UK (2005) #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (single version) – 3:52 #"Nothing to Hide" – 3:49 #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (Playgroup Vocal Edit) – 5:25 #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (Hot Chip Remix Edit) – 6:50 #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (music video) 7", 1/2, UK (2007) #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (radio edit) #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (Hot Chip Remix) 7", 2/2, UK (2007) #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (radio edit) #"Soft Power" (Vicarious Bliss Gutter Mix) Maxi CD, Germany (2007) #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (single version) – 3:52 #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (Playgroup Version) – 7:47 #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (Hot Chip Remix) – 7:12 #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (Vector Lovers Remix) – 7:56 Maxi CD, UK (2007) #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (radio edit) – 3:50 #"International Dateline" (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) – 5:18 #"International Dateline" – 4:16 #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (White Heat On the Money Edit) – 4:18 12", UK #"Destroy Everything You Touch" (Sasha Invol2ver Remix)

References

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