Jude Law and a Semester Abroad

"Jude Law and a Semester Abroad"
Single by Brand New
from the album Your Favorite Weapon
ReleasedNovember 11, 2002
Recorded2001
Genre
Length3:41
Label
  • Eat Sleep
  • Triple Crown
  • Razor & Tie
Producer(s)
Brand New singles chronology
"Jude Law and a Semester Abroad"
(2002) 		"The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows"
(2003)
Music video
"Jude Law and A Semester Abroad" on YouTube

"Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" is the debut single by Brand New. It was released as the first and only single from their debut album, Your Favorite Weapon, first in the United States on November 11, 2002, before being released in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2003.[3][4]

Songwriter Jesse Lacey described the track as being "about an ex-girlfriend who turned me on to Jude Law and that whole English thing".[5] The artwork for the single is a photograph by Mike Dubin of the band performing live on Long Island.[6]

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  5. ^ "NEW ROCKSOUND ARTICLE!! MARCH 2003". brandnewrock.com. RockSound. March 1, 2003. Archived from the original (Feature) on 6 December 2002. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  6. ^ "From The Archives: Brand New - Long Island Summer 2001". tumblr.com. Mike Dubin. August 12, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2015.