May 18, 2014

Doves - There Goes The Fear

In the UK this song was released as a cheap limited edition single featuring just this song, retailing at 99 pence. It was deleted after its first day on sale hence its high chart entry and rapid fall (in its second week it tumbled 31 places to #34). 

When asked in a 2010 interview with Under the Radar as to why the single was released and deleted on the same day, Jez Williams stated, "It was to do something different from the norm. Just wanted to try something different really. I can't remember exactly whose idea it was. It might have been the manager's, but we were kind of into it. A kind of statement, in a way. We liked the fact that you could only get a hold of a certain amount of this or a certain amount of that. Especially in this day and age of readily available bits of music, it's kind of nice: a physical copy that's precious to you because you managed to get to the shop that day and actually own that."

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