Ulysses (song)
"Ulysses" | ||||
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Single by Franz Ferdinand | ||||
from the album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 2 December 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2008 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:13 | |||
Label | Domino | |||
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Franz Ferdinand singles chronology | ||||
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Ulysses on YouTube |
"Ulysses" is a song by Scottish
Release
The song "Ulysses" was chosen to be the first single and was in physical format on 19 January 2009. It was debuted live on 5 August 2007 at the "Hey You Get Off My Pavement" festival in Glasgow and has been played at every full set gig since. The song received first airplay at BBC Radio 1 on 17 November 2008, and subsequently became available to download from the Canadian and US
The cover art for the single is part of a series of photographs the band are taking on their travels, recreating crime scenes; this one features Kapranos face-down in the street, presumably dead, while his bandmates look on. The Ulysses cover shot was taken in Brooklyn by Guy Eppel.[2]
Reception
"Ulysses" featured on Triple J's Hottest 100 Countdown in 2008, polling 82nd. The track was also featured on the second season of Skins's promo advert.
Ulysses is the Roman name for the Greek mythological hero Odysseus, as well as the title for the novel of the same name by James Joyce.
The song has been used for the television commercial of Toyota Mark X ZiO in Japan since February 2009.,[3] as well as the video game Colin McRae: Dirt 2.
Track listing
- CD RUG314CD
- "Ulysses" - 3:13
- "New Kind of Thrill" - 4:28
- "Ulysses" (Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation) - 6:13
- 7" RUG314
- "Ulysses" - 3:13
- "Anyone in Love" - 2:44
- 7" RUG314X
- "Ulysses" - 3:13
- "You Never Go Out Anymore" - 2:05
- AUS / German CD 88697459512
- "Ulysses" - 3:14
- "New Kind of Thrill" - 4:29
- "Anyone in Love" - 2:45
- "You Never Go Out Anymore" - 2:06
- "Ulysses" (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation) - 6:13
- 12" RUG314T
- "Ulysses" (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation) - 6:13
- "Feeling Kind of Anxious" - 6:33
- "Ulysses" (Disco Bloodbath Effect) - 8:06
- "Ulysses" (Mickey Moonlight Remix) - 3:49
- Download RUG314D11
- "Ulysses" (Zomby 92 Remix) - 2:21
- "Ulysses" (Zomby 8 Bit Rremix) - 3:00
Personnel
- Artwork By - Franz Ferdinand & Matthew Cooper
- Engineer - Alexis Smith, Paul Savage
- Mastered By - Jason Mitchell, John Dent
- Photography - Guy Eppel
- Recorded By, Producer - Dan Carey, Franz Ferdinand
- Songwriter - Franz Ferdinand
- Mastered at Loud Mastering.
Chart performance
"Ulysses" debuted on the Billboard
Weekly charts
Chart[4] | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[5]
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20 |
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[6] | 62 |
Austrian Singles Chart
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45 |
Canadian Hot 100 | 73 |
Dutch Singles Chart
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74 |
European Hot 100 Singles | 32 |
France Singles Top 100 | 42 |
Japan Hot 100 Singles
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3 |
Spanish Singles Chart | 2 |
Swiss Singles Chart | 44 |
UK Singles Chart
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20 |
References
- ^ "Alternative Airplay". Billboard.
- ^ "Franz Ferdinand Diaries". franzferdinand.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008.
- ^ Sony Music Shop (in Japanese)
- ^ "Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses - hitparade.ch".
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/2008-12-20/alternative-songs Modern Rock Tracks from Billboard
- ^ https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20090220-0000/issue988.pdf