Oh! Gravity.

This article is about the album. For the song, see Oh! Gravity. (song). For the tour, see Oh! Gravity. Tour.
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
Switchfoot
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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