"Dominos" is the first single from The Big Pink

The Big Pink

The Big Pink is an English electro-rock duo comprising multi-instrumentalists Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell. The duo signed to the 4AD label in 2009, and won the prestigious NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act...

's debut album A Brief History of Love

A Brief History of Love

A Brief History of Love is the debut album from British electro-rock duo The Big Pink. The album was released on September 14, 2009 on 4AD. The Big Pink signed with 4AD in February 2009, and won the prestigious NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act. The band were also named as "one of the...

. "Dominos" was released as a digital download and on 7" vinyl on September 7, 2009, a week before the release of the album. The song was co-produced by the band and record producer Paul Epworth

Paul Epworth

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, and mixed by Rich Costey

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Rich Costey is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer who has worked with many bands including Muse, Cave In, Thursday, Franz Ferdinand, Glasvegas, The Mars Volta, Doves, Bloc Party, Ontronik , Jimmy Eat World, My Chemical Romance, Supergrass, Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, Nine...

 (who also produced the album). In their native United Kingdom, the song peaked on the UK Singles Chart

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 at #27 and #10 on the Irish Singles Chart

Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

 in the Republic of Ireland. The single's B-side, "She's No Sense", features vocals from Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine

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"Dominos" is The Big Pink's fourth single, three having been released before their debut album throughout 2008 and 2009. The song was remixed by Switch

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Switch is a UK-based DJ, songwriter, sound engineer and record producer. He is best known for his work with M.I.A. and Santigold.In the fidget house genre, Switch runs his own music label "Dubsided", as well as the label Counterfeet, established in 2006 with fellow producer Sinden...

 and made available as a free digital download track on the band's website on 23 October 2009. "Dominos" has also been featured in Xbox 360

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 television advertisements in the United Kingdom. In the United States

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, the song was used in a promo spot for Skins

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series 3 premiere on BBC America

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. The song was featured in the episode "Let The Games Begin" of 90210

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On Pitchfork Media

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's end-of-the-year Top 100 Tracks of 2009 list, "Dominos" was voted in at #18. On 24 February 2010, "Dominos" won Best Track of the Year at the NME Awards

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. In October 2011, NME

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placed it at number 72 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

The song is heavily sampled on Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj

Onika Tanya Maraj , better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj; ), is a Trinidadian-born American recording artist...

's track "Girls Fall Like Dominoes

Girls Fall like Dominoes

"Girls Fall Like Dominoes" is a song by Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj. It serves as the sixth single from Minaj's debut album Pink Friday . The chorus is sampled from "Dominos", a 2009 single by British indie rock band The Big Pink...

" on her debut album Pink Friday

Pink Friday

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Track listing

7" vinyl (AD 2931) and download

1. "Dominos" – 3:48
2. "She's No Sense" – 3:15

Remixes

• "Dominos" (Rustie Remix), 3:22 – available as a bonus track exclusively with the UK iTunes
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   version of A Brief History of Love.
• "Dominos" (Switch
  Switch (DJ)
  Switch is a UK-based DJ, songwriter, sound engineer and record producer. He is best known for his work with M.I.A. and Santigold.In the fidget house genre, Switch runs his own music label "Dubsided", as well as the label Counterfeet, established in 2006 with fellow producer Sinden...
  
   Remix), 5:32 – available as a free download on the band's website in October 2009.
• "Dominos" (Switch Remix Instrumental), 5:18 – also available from the band's website in October 2009.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	27
UK Indie Chart	2
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	10
US Billboard Alternative Songs	36

Credits

• All music and vocals by Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell.

1. "Dominos"
   • Produced by The Big Pink and Paul Epworth
     Paul Epworth
     Paul Epworth is an award-winning British music producer, musician, and songwriter. His production credits include Adele, Cee Lo Green, Florence and the Machine, Plan B, Friendly Fires, Bloc Party, Primal Scream, The Rapture, Jack Peñate, Kate Nash and Maxïmo Park.-Lomax:From 2002-2004 Paul provided...
     
     .
   • Valentine Fillol-Cordier – backing vocals.
   • Akiko Matsuura – drums.
   • Engineered by Mark Rankin.
   • Mixed by Rich Costey
     Rich Costey
     Rich Costey is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer who has worked with many bands including Muse, Cave In, Thursday, Franz Ferdinand, Glasvegas, The Mars Volta, Doves, Bloc Party, Ontronik , Jimmy Eat World, My Chemical Romance, Supergrass, Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, Nine...
     
     .
2. "She's No Sense"
   • Produced and mixed by The Big Pink.
   • Florence Welch – vocals.
     • Art direction by The Big Pink.
     • Design by Chris Bigg.
     • Photography by Marc Atkins at panoptika.net.