Oh! Gravity.

Oh! Gravity.
Several different thoughts and items all in white color appear on a ground near a small sea. In the middle we see a white image of Jon Foreman smoking a cigarette with "Oh! Gravity.". Above, we see the words "switchfoot".
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 26, 2006 (2006-12-26)
Recorded2006
Studio
Genre
Length44:44
LabelColumbia/Sony BMG
Producer
Switchfoot chronology
Nothing Is Sound
(2005)
Oh! Gravity.
(2006)
Best of Bootlegs Vol. 1
(2008)
Singles from Oh! Gravity.
  1. "Dirty Second Hands"
    Released: September 26, 2006[5]
  2. "Oh! Gravity."
    Released: October 21, 2006
  3. "Awakening"
    Released: March 26, 2007
  4. "Head over Heels (In This Life)"
    Released: November 11, 2007

Oh! Gravity. is the sixth album by the San Diego–based alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was released on December 26, 2006.[6][7] It was Switchfoot's last album released through Columbia Records and Sony BMG (Their next album was released through lowercase people records).

To give fans a preview of the new material, Switchfoot released the downloadable single "Dirty Second Hands" to major online music stores on September 26.[5][8] The album's first radio single, the title song "Oh! Gravity.", was released to radio on October 31,[9] and received moderate airplay on alternative stations across America.[10] In addition, the band provided free streaming audio of both the aforementioned tracks on their MySpace page.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 18, as the second-highest debut of the week, selling 63,000 copies in its first week. As of June 2010, the album had sold 262,000+ copies.[11]

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  4. ^ "Oh! Gravity. review by Switchfoot | Ultimate-Guitar". ultimate-guitar.com. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  5. ^ a b "Dirty Second Hands - Single by Switchfoot". iTunes. 26 September 2006. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  6. ^ "New Album Update" (Press release). Switchfoot. August 21, 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-21..
  7. ^ Collar, Matt. "Oh! Gravity. – Switchfoot". AllMusic. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  8. ^ Harris, Chris (September 5, 2006). "Switchfoot Defy Gravity For Upcoming Tour". MTV. Archived from the original on April 7, 2008. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
  9. ^ "Quick Hits: ... Switchfoot ..." fmqb.com. September 29, 2006. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved 2006-10-02.
  10. ^ "Mediabase 24/7 - 7 The song appeared as the theme song for The Life of Ryan a reality show following skateboard prodigy Ryan Sheckler. Day Charts". Mediabase. October 12, 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-12.
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