The City (song)

"The City"
"The City"
Single by the 1975
from the EP Facedown and IV and the album The 1975
Released	9 August 2012
Genre	Pop rock; industrial pop;
Length	3:41 (2012 Facedown version); 3:44 (2013 IV version); 3:26 (2013 album edit);
Label	Dirty Hit
Songwriter(s)	Matthew Healy; George Daniel; Adam Hann; Ross MacDonald;
Producer(s)	Matthew Healy; George Daniel; Adam Hann; Ross MacDonald; Mike Crossey;
The 1975 singles chronology

"The City" is the debut single by English rock band The 1975, released in 2012. The song was originally recorded for their debut extended play Facedown, with a re-recorded version later appearing on their fourth extended play IV and (in edited form) as the second track on their self-titled debut. It was re-released as a single in 2013 in the form of a re-recorded version (edited for their debut album) which peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and number 27 on the Scottish Singles Chart. The song also featured in the game FIFA 14.

^ Greene, Jayson (12 September 2013). "The 1975 – The 1975". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
^ "The 1975 — Facedown". All Things Go. 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2019. It's clear after a quick run through of The 1975's online material that the Manchester outfit has a knack for versatile songwriting. A couple weeks ago the band dropped "The City," an upbeat track not far off from the industrial-pop stylings of their compatriots in The Big Pink.

[p4k-1] Greene, Jayson (12 September 2013). "The 1975 – The 1975". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 18 September 2013.

[2] "The 1975 — Facedown". All Things Go. 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2019. It's clear after a quick run through of The 1975's online material that the Manchester outfit has a knack for versatile songwriting. A couple weeks ago the band dropped "The City," an upbeat track not far off from the industrial-pop stylings of their compatriots in The Big Pink.

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