"Punching in a Dream" is the third single from The Naked and Famous

The Naked and Famous

-Studio albums:-EPs:-Singles:-B-sides:-Music videos:-In popular culture:"All of This" was featured in the fourth episode of The Secret Circle....

's album Passive Me, Aggressive You

Passive Me, Aggressive You

Passive Me, Aggressive You is the debut studio album from New Zealand alternative rock band The Naked and Famous. The album was released on 6 September 2010 in New Zealand, where it debuted at number-one...

. It was released digitally on 23 August 2010. It debuted and peaked on the RIANZ

Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...

 charts at number 11 on 30 August.

The single was featured on "Kill or Be Killed", the fifth episode of the second season of The Vampire Diaries

The Vampire Diaries

The Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels written by L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. The series was originally a trilogy published in 1991, but pressure from readers led Smith to write a fourth...

. It also appears on the soundtrack for EA Sports' Fifa 12

FIFA 12

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video game.

Track listing

Digital download

1. "Punching in a Dream" – 3:33

UK digital download

1. "Punching in a Dream" (Single version) - 3:34
2. "Punching in a Dream" (Music video) - 3:33

Digital download

1. "Punching in a Dream" (Single Version) - 3:34

UK 7" vinyl

1. "Punching in a Dream" – 3:34
2. "Wild" - 3:53

Charts

Chart (2010-11)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	85
Canada: Alternative Rock Canadian rock/alternative chart The Canadian rock/alternative chart was first published on June 11, 1995 by RPM magazine under the name Alternative 30. The song which held the number-one spot on this first chart was "More Human than Human" by White Zombie...	25
New Zealand Singles Chart	11
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 ...	135
US Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Alternative Songs	20
US Billboard Rock Songs Rock Songs Rock Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the airplay of songs on alternative, mainstream rock and triple A radio stations. The first chart was published in the issue dated June 20, 2009. "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day was the first number-one song. The Rock Songs...	36

Release history

Region	Format	Date	Label
New Zealand	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	23 August 2010	The Naked and Famous
Denmark		5 December 2010	Somewhat Damaged, Polydor
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
United Kingdom	7" vinyl	6 December 2010	Fiction, Somewhat Damaged, Polydor, Universal