My Number (Foals song)

"My Number"
Single by Foals
from the album Holy Fire
Released17 December 2012
Recorded2012
Genre
Length4:03
LabelTransgressive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Foals singles chronology
"Inhaler"
(2012)
"My Number"
(2012)
"Late Night"
(2013)

"My Number" is a song by British rock band Foals, released as the second single from their third studio album Holy Fire. The song debuted live on 13 November 2012 during the band's performance on Later... with Jools Holland.[3] A month later to the date, they debuted the album version on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 13 December, then posted it via their YouTube page later the same day.[4] A few days later, the single was released digitally in Australia on 17 December 2012.[5] The music video premiered on 23 January 2013.[6]

The song reached number 23 in the UK Singles Chart to become their highest charting single to date. It is also the band's most successful single to date worldwide.[citation needed]

The single artwork is by Leif Podhajsky.

  1. ^ Gill, Andy (8 February 2013). "Album review: Foals, Holy Fire (Transgressive)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  2. ^ Cohen, Ian (12 February 2013). "Foals: Holy Fire". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. ^ "BBC Two - Later... with Jools Holland, Series 41, Episode 8, Foals - My Number". BBC. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Foals- My Number (Album Version) on YouTube
  5. ^ https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/my-number-single/id588670665%7C iTunes - My Number - Single by Foals
  6. ^ "Watch: Foals Tweak the Live Performance Video Formula With the Video for "My Number" | News". Pitchfork. 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-02-12.