The City (The 1975 song)

"The City"
Single by The 1975
from the album Facedown
Released	9 August 2012
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Length	3:26
Label	Dirty Hit
Writer(s)	George Daniel Matthew Healy Adam Hann Ross MacDonald
Producer(s)	Daniel Healy Hann MacDonald Mike Crossey
The 1975 singles chronology
"The City" (2012) "Chocolate" (2013)

"The City" is a song by English rock band The 1975. The song was originally recorded for their debut extended play Facedown and later appeared as the second on their self-titled debut. "The City" was released as the band's debut single in 2012, and its second release in 2013 in the form of the re-recorded album version saw it peak at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and number 27 on the Scottish Singles Chart. The song also featured on the game FIFA 14.

Background

"The City" was originally released by the band in 2012 on their debut EP, Facedown. After the band released their breakthrough single, "Chocolate", they originally intended to follow up with releasing "Settle Down". During the band's interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 in April 2013, singer Matt Healy revealed they had only been sent the new mix of the song weeks prior and so decided to re-release it as a single and on the new EP.

Music video

A second music video to accompany the re-release of "The City" was first released onto YouTube on 25 April 2013 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-seven seconds.^[2]

Track listing

UK promotional single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The City"	3:44
2.	"The City" (Instrumental)	3:44
Total length:		7:28

Performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[3]	87
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[4]	27
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5]	30

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom[6][7]	9 August 2012	Contemporary hit radio	Dirty Hit
	20 May 2013

References

1. Greene, Jayson (12 September 2013). "The 1975 – The 1975". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
2. The 1975 (25 April 2013). "The 1975 – The City". YouTube. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
3. "Ultratop.be – The 1975 – The City" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
4. "Archive Chart: 2013-06-01". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
5. "Archive Chart: 2013-06-01" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
6. "The City" (Promotional CD-R single) (Media notes). The 1975. Dirty Hit. 2012.
7. Young, Gary (30 April 2013). "Art-pop group The 1975 coming to Brum". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 24 June 2014.