"Flaws"
Single by Bastille
from the album Bad Blood
A-side"Flaws" (2011)
B-side"Durban Skies" (2012)
Released4 July 2011
21 October 2012
3 March 2014
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:37
Label
Songwriter(s)Dan Smith
Producer(s)
  • Dan Smith
  • Mark Crew
Bastille singles chronology
"Flaws" / "Icarus"
(2011) 		"Overjoyed"
(2012)
"Bad Blood"
(2012)
"Flaws"
(2012)
"Pompeii"
(2013)
Of the Night
(2013)
Flaws
(2014)
Pompeii / Waiting All Night
(2014)
Music video
"Bastille - Flaws (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

"Flaws" is a song by British band Bastille. It is the third single from their debut studio album Bad Blood. The song was the band's debut single; it was first released in 2011 through the independent label Young and Lost Club as a double A-side 7-inch single with their song "Icarus". The single was later re-released through Virgin Records as a digital download on 21 October 2012, featuring remixes and new B-side track "Durban Skies", peaking at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart on this occasion. "Flaws" was released for a third time on 3 March 2014, but did not improve upon its previous peak.

Composition

"Flaws" makes extensive use of compound quadruple meter (12
8 time).[1]

Music video

Two music videos have been produced. The first accompanied the 2012 release of "Flaws" and was first released onto YouTube on 12 September 2012 at a total length of three minutes and forty-one seconds.[2] A second video released in 2014 for the single's re-release documents the band's experiences of 2013 via a video montage of several of their performances.

Track listing

Digital download[3]
  1. "Flaws" – 3:37
  2. "Durban Skies" – 4:11
  3. "Flaws" (Cinematic's In My Soul Remix) – 4:29
  4. "Flaws" (Live from The Scala) – 3:45
  5. "Flaws" (music video) – 3:41

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Gold 400,000‡
United States (RIAA)[18] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom[19][3] 4 July 2011 7" vinyl Young and Lost Club
21 October 2012 Digital download Virgin Records
Italy[20] 14 March 2014 Contemporary hit radio
United States[21][22][23] 8 July 2014 Modern rock radio
11 August 2014 Adult album alternative radio
9 September 2014 Contemporary hit radio

References

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  15. ^ "Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  16. ^ "Rock Airplay Songs: Year End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  17. ^ "British single certifications – Bastille – Flaws". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  18. ^ "American single certifications – Bastille – Flaws". Recording Industry Association of America.
  19. ^ "Releases: Bastille – YALC0059". Young and Lost Club Records. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  20. ^ Mompellio, Gabriel. "Bastille – Flaws (Virgin)" (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  21. ^ "Alternative > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  22. ^ "Triple A > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  23. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
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