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. It was released in the UK as "10,000 Nights" in anticipation of ''

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'', the international version of their debut album. It topped the chart in Alphabeat's native Denmark and peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. The band played a live semi-acoustic version of the track in Jo Whiley's

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, together with a cover version of

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Track listings

European CD single # "10,000 Nights" (radio edit) # "10,000 Nights" (instrumental) UK CD1 # "10,000 Nights" (radio edit) – 3:32 # " Digital Love" (live session) – 2:51 UK CD2 # "10,000 Nights" (radio edit) # "10,000 Nights" (Bimbo Jones remix) # " Fascination" (Alphabeat vs

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) # "10,000 Nights" (video)

Chart performance

"10.000 Nights of Thunder" peaked in Denmark at number one, where it stayed for one week. In the United Kingdom, the song entered at number 23 on downloads alone, then climbed to number 16 once the physical single was released. On 27 July 2008, the song moved up four places from number 40 to number 36 before dropping out of the top 40 two weeks later.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2007 singles 2007 songs Alphabeat songs Charisma Records singles Copenhagen Records singles Number-one singles in Denmark