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"Too Many Friends" is a single by alternative rock band Placebo, the first single off of their seventh studio album Loud Like Love.[1] The single was released on 8 July 2013, as a digital download but was actually released on 23 August 2013 in physical format as a limited edition CD and 7" single in Germany. The song deals with people on the internet and being far more close to friends on the internet, rather than off the computer. It is also about loneliness, which Placebo frontman Brian Molko said was the "modern version of, 'I’m sitting by the phone, waiting for you to call.'"[2][3]
| "Too Many Friends" | ||||
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| Single by Placebo | ||||
| from the album Loud Like Love | ||||
| Released | 23 August 2013 | |||
| Recorded | RAK Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:35 | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Steve Forrest, William Patrick Lloyd, Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal | |||
| Producer(s) | Adam Noble | |||
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Music video edit
The band went to Los Angeles to make the music video with filmmaker Saman Kesh.[4] American transgressive novelist Bret Easton Ellis provides a voiceover in the video as a narrator.[5] The video, which premiered on YouTube, presents a "detective case" regarding a series of events occurring during a pool party.[6]
Track listing edit
- Digital download
- Too Many Friends – 3:35
- iTunes EP
- Too Many Friends – 3:35
- Outro – 2:24
- Too Many Friends (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) – 3:48
- Limited CD and 7" single
- Too Many Friends – 3:35
- Outro – 2:24
Charts edit
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| French Singles Chart | 31 |
| German Singles Chart | 14 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 54 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 26 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 55 |
References edit
- ^ "Track Listing & First Single for 'Loud Like Love' Announced". Placeboworld.co.uk. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: STEFAN OLSDAL OF PLACEBO". Bandwagon. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Placebo's Brian Molko on Transgressive Love, Technology and Disconnect, and That "My Computer Thinks I'm Gay" Line". Pure Volume. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ^ "SINGLE: Too Many Friends - Available From 08.07.13". Official Placeboworld.co.uk Forum (User rougevelvet). Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ Bret Easton Ellis (5 July 2013). "Twitter: Bret Easton Ellis, 5 July 2013". Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "Placebo - Too Many Friends". PlaceboVEVO. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.