“Suburban Knights”
Single by Hard-Fi from the album Once Upon a Time in the West
Released	20 August 2007
Format	CD, 7", 12"
Recorded	Staines, 2006
Genre	Indie Rock
Length	4:29
Label	Warner Music
Writer(s)	Richard Archer
Producer	Wolsey White, Richard Archer
Hard-Fi singles chronology
"Better Do Better" (2006) "Suburban Knights" (2007) "Can't Get Along (Without You)" (2007)
Alternate covers
Cover for the 7" Vinyl

"Suburban Knights" is the first single from British band Hard-Fi's second album Once Upon a Time in the West. Hard-Fi are an English Indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003 Once Upon a Time in the West is the second album from Staines -based British band Hard-Fi. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A CD single (abbreviated to CDS) is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single A gramophone A gramophone Staines is a Thames -side town in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and part of the London Commuter Belt of South East England, Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Richard John Archer (born January 18, 1977) is the frontman of UK Indie-rock band Hard-Fi. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Richard John Archer (born January 18, 1977) is the frontman of UK Indie-rock band Hard-Fi. Hard-Fi are an English Indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003 "Better Do Better" is the fifth single from Indie band Hard-Fi, taken from their debut album Stars of CCTV. "Can't Get Along (Without You" is a single from indie band Hard-Fi, taken from their second album Once Upon a Time in the West The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Hard-Fi are an English Indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003 Once Upon a Time in the West is the second album from Staines -based British band Hard-Fi. The physical format of the single was released on August 20, 2007, the digital version was released on August 13, 2007. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A digital system uses discrete (discontinuous values usually but not always Symbolized Numerically (hence called "digital" to represent information for Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It reached #7 on 26 August 2007, becoming the band's most successful single in the UK Charts. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry

The song received its first airplay on Soccer AM on May 19 when the band appeared on the show. FIRST, or F or I nspiration and R ecognition of S cience and T echnology is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football show presented by Helen Chamberlain and Max Rushden. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Only about 15 seconds of the intro of the song was played however. Later, the single received its first radio play on June 20, featuring on Zane Lowe's Radio One show. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Zane Lowe (born Alexander Zane Reid Lowe on 7 August 1973 also known as 'Zipper' is a radio DJ and television presenter The song was nominated for best track at the 2007 Q Awards. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

In Peru, "Suburban Knights" has reached #5, while the next single "Can't Get Along (Without You)" did even better in the same chart hitting #1. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. "Can't Get Along (Without You" is a single from indie band Hard-Fi, taken from their second album Once Upon a Time in the West

Contents 1 History 2 Music video 3 Track listings 4 Charts 5 Alternative Covers 6 External links 7 References

History

It began as a rough demo that had already been created by the time Stars of CCTV had been released and is also one of the older tracks on the album Once Upon a Time in the West. Hard-Fi are an English Indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003 Stars of CCTV is the debut album from Staines -based British band Hard-Fi. Once Upon a Time in the West is the second album from Staines -based British band Hard-Fi. Archer says that it began as just the chorus and the backing vocals. The band started working on it while on tour and played it live a couple of times. "We never said it has to be the first single, we just felt like it was a nice bridge between the first and second albums" Archer tells the NME. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Variations of the track were performed live, sounding slightly different from what became the final version.

Archer describes it as being about various things and having your head in lots of places at once. It's about being felt left out and degraded, people looking down on others, journalists slagging off people from suburban areas and dreams being out of reach among other things such as having nothing to do and having no money. Archer says

There's not much in suburban towns so you have to be creative. We've toured the world and have met many people much like ourselves, from suburban areas, we were always told to celebrate where we're from and fight back. ^[1]

Archer also said,

Suburban Knights is just made to celebrate the amazing people who live in the real world. Richard John Archer (born January 18, 1977) is the frontman of UK Indie-rock band Hard-Fi. You have to be creative living in suburbia and we wanted to celebrate that.

Music video

The music video directed by Ben Crook features the band playing in front of many satellite dishes being filmed by a video camera. This is then broadcast on to many television sets around the UK and eventually around the world. It ends with Richard Archer switching off the transmition with a television remote control. ^[2]

The video was first broadcast in the UK on Wednesday July 11 at 11:30 pm on Channel 4 and has been featured in the top 10 UK airplay. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

When discussing the making of the music video the band said

Our fave part of the video was when it finished. Videos are really long days, so the best bits are the make up artists, the catering and going home at the end.

Track listings

CD single

1. "Suburban Knights"
2. "Suburban Knights" (Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso Mix)

7" single 1

1. "Suburban Knights"
2. "You And Me"

7" single 2

1. "Suburban Knights"
2. "Suburban Knights" (DJ Wrong Tom's Delight Mix)

Charts

Suburban Knights has been listed for 9 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, 9 weeks in the Irish Top 50, 3 weeks in the Germany Singles Top 100. Steve Angello (born Steve Josefsson Fragogiannis) is a Greek - Swedish DJ and producer. Sebastian Ingrosso is a Swedish DJ and producer. He is part of a four person group dubbed the Swedish House Mafia. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry It entered the UK singles chart at #7 on August 26, 2007. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It reached #23 in the Euro 200 Chart.

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Peru Singles Chart	5
UK Singles Chart[3]	7
European Hot 100 Singles[4]	13
Ireland Singles Top 50[5]	15
Euro 200[6]	23
Germany Singles Top 100[7]	79

Alternative Covers

UK (promo)

UK (7")

UK (12")

External links

• Suburban Knights at Discogs
• "Suburban Knights" at YouTube
• "Suburban Knights (Early Demo Live)" at YouTube

References

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