"Paris" is the second single by Friendly Fires

Friendly Fires

Friendly Fires are an English band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently signed to XL Recordings. Their self-titled debut album was released on 1 September 2008 and was announced as one of the shortlisted twelve for the 2009 Mercury Prize on 21 July 2009.-History:Friendly Fires...

 taken from the band's self-titled debut album Friendly Fires

Friendly Fires (album)

"Friendly Fires" originally debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 38 on 13 September 2008. The following week, the album fell to number 88, before falling out of the Top 100 the week after...

. The song features backing vocals from the members of the American indie pop

Indie pop

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 trio Au Revoir Simone

Au Revoir Simone

Au Revoir Simone is an electronic dream pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in late 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster , Annie Hart , and Heather D'Angelo...

, and samples the song "Sun and Ice" from the album From Here We Go Sublime

From Here We Go Sublime

From Here We Go Sublime is the highly acclaimed debut album from Axel Willner under his alias as The Field. Produced by Willner, it was released on Kompakt in March 2007...

by The Field

The Field (musician)

Axel Willner, better known by the stage name The Field, is a techno artist based in Stockholm, Sweden.-Background:In 2005, Willner submitted a demo tape the German indie label Kompakt and was subsequently signed. He released his first 12", a demo mixtape of Annie's "Heartbeat" in 2005 as well as a...

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The Aeroplane remix of the song features the members of Au Revior Simone on lead vocals.

In October 2011, NME

NME

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placed it at number 47 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

Track listing

12" vinyl

1. "Paris" (Justus Kohncke Remix) - 10:30
2. "Paris" (Aeroplane Remix) 7:45

Download

1. "Paris" - 4:02
2. "Paris" (Aeroplane Remix) - 7:45
3. "Paris" (Justus Kohncke Remix) - 10:30

Charts

Charts (2008)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...	13