"Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)" is a song by English band

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, featured on the band's second studio album, ''

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''. It was released as a collector's edition 7" only single on 12 November 2007, with

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' cover of " Everything Is Average Nowadays" as a B-side.

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has a running gag on his show, where

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has likened the song to

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's "

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". The song's

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was directed by Jim Canty. It was filmed in September 2007 at

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in New York City."Kaiser Chiefs Exclusive Gatefold 7" Single On The Way"
KaiserChiefs.co.uk. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007. The song was covered by

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on Radio 1's

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on 1 February 2008. At the time it was the band's lowest charting single, reflecting that it was released as the fourth single from the highly successful ''Yours Truly, Angry Mob'' and it was only a limited release. It peaked at #112 in the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

7": # Kaiser Chiefs – "Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)" – 3:17 # The Little Ones – "Everything is Average Nowadays" (Kaiser Chiefs Cover)

Notes

External links

www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk
2007 singles Kaiser Chiefs songs Song recordings produced by Stephen Street 2006 songs Songs written by Ricky Wilson (singer) Songs written by Simon Rix Songs written by Andrew White (musician) Songs written by Nick Hodgson Songs written by Nick "Peanut" Baines {{2000s-song-stub