"Munich"
Cover of the original single from 2005
Single by Editors
from the album The Back Room
B-side
  • "Disappear"
  • "Crawl Down the Wall"
  • "Colours"
  • "Release"
  • "Camera"
  • "French Disko"
  • "Find Yourself a Safe Place"
Released18 April 2005 (2005-04-18)
Recorded2005
Genre
Length3:46
LabelKitchenware
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jim Abbiss
Editors singles chronology
"Bullets"
(2005) 		"Munich"
(2005) 		"Blood"
(2005)
2006 Reissue
Cover of the reissue single from 2006
Editors single singles chronology
"Bullets"
(2005) 		"Munich"
(2006) 		"All Sparks"
(2006)

"Munich" is a song by British post-punk revival band Editors and is featured on their 2005 debut album, The Back Room. It was originally released 18 April 2005 as the second single from the band. It was re-released on 2 January 2006, peaking at number 10 in the UK Singles Chart.[1] It finished as the 184th best-selling single in the UK, in 2006.

Composition

"Munich" is composed in the key of G minor with a tempo of 150 beats per minute.[2]

In popular culture

It is featured on the soundtrack to the video games Saints Row, FIFA Street 2 and Major League Baseball 2K7. The song is played when the guests are being introduced on the English television programme A Question of Sport. It also appeared on the third season finale of Cold Case and in various episodes of the BBC drama Waterloo Road. It is featured in the 2008 film One Missed Call. "Munich" alone came as a free pack-in song on every Zune player bought.

Track listings

All songs written and composed by Chris Urbanowicz, Edward Lay, Russell Leetch and Tom Smith, except where noted.

Original release

7" vinyl

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Munich" 
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Disappear" 

CD

No.TitleLength
1."Munich"3:46
2."Crawl Down the Wall"3:34
3."Colours"3:50
No.TitleLength
1."Munich"3:47
2."Release"5:43

Re-release

7" vinyl

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Munich" 
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Camera" (original demo) 

CD

No.TitleLength
1."Munich" 
2."French Disko" (Stereolab cover, written by Stereolab) 
No.TitleLength
1."Munich"3:44
2."Find Yourself a Safe Place"2:54
3."Munich" (Cicada remix)7:48
4."Munich" (video) 

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Official Charts Company - Editors - Munich 2006". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  2. ^ Editors "Munich" Sheet Music. musicnotes.com
  3. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Editors - Munich". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  4. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Editors - Munich" (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  5. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2006" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. ^ "British single certifications – Editors – Munich". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
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