"Polaris" is the second single from the album Twilight of the Innocents

Twilight of the Innocents

Twilight of the Innocents is the fifth and final studio album by Ash, released on June 29, 2007 in the Republic of Ireland and July 2, 2007 in the United States and the United Kingdom...

 by the band Ash

Ash (band)

Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992. The band has sold 8 million albums worldwide.-Band beginning, Trailer and 1977 :...

. It was released in the on June 15 in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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 and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 and the United States

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 on June 18, 2007, reaching number 32 in the UK singles chart

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 and number 34 in the US singles chart

The band released the video for the song to their Youtube profile on 26 May.

B-side "Chinese New Year" first featured as an acoustic version in the Ash road-movie, "Episode 1: Road Movie" and can be found on the dvd format of "Burn Baby Burn".

Production

Tim Wheeler

Tim Wheeler

Tim Wheeler is the Northern Irish guitarist, songwriter and vocalist for the rock band, Ash. He formed the band with Mark Hamilton and they were originally called Vietnam. Wheeler can be seen playing a Korina Gibson Flying V in almost all of Ash's music videos...

 revealed that the song was written while he was on a break in the South of France

Southern France

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. He said :

Track listings

CD

1. "Polaris (Album Version)" - 4:32
2. "Come On Over" - 4:55

7" Poster Bag

1. "Polaris (Album Version)"
2. "Kingdom Of Shadow"

7" Gatefold

1. "Polaris (Album Version)"
2. "Chinese New Year"

Download EP1

1. "Polaris (Album Version)"
2. "Polaris (Acoustic)"
3. "Polaris (Superbass Dub Remix)"

Download EP2

1. "Polaris (Demo)"
2. "Polaris (Superbass Remix)"
3. "Polaris (Root-id Re-Rub)"
4. "Polaris (Streetlife DJ's Remix)"