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"The Sound " is a song written and recorded by Jon Foreman and Tim Foreman for the alternative rock band Switchfoot. It is a track from the band's seventh studio album, Hello Hurricane, and was released as a digital single on October 27, 2009, to all major digital outlets. It was serviced to alternative rock radio on April 27, 2010, becoming their second Top 15 hit from the album, and the band's first Top 10 single since "Dare You to Move."
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Vice Verses is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was released on September 27, 2011. "Dark Horses" was the first single released from the album, with an August 2 radio date and digital release on the same day. Vice Verses debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number eight. "Afterlife" impacted radio on February 28, 2012. "The Original" impacted radio on September 11, 2012.
"Dark Horses" is a song written and recorded by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, and serves as the first single from their eighth studio album entitled Vice Verses. It was debuted on the band's official website on July 20, 2011 and serviced to radio on August 2, 2011. The release was announced on AllAccess/Mediabase and later confirmed by singer Jon Foreman during an interview with radio DJ Adrian Hummel.
"Restless" is a song written and recorded by American alternative rock band Switchfoot, and a radio single from Vice Verses, their eighth studio album. It served as the album's co-lead single with "Dark Horses".
"Who We Are" is a song by American alternative rock band Switchfoot, released on September 17, 2013, as the first track on the band's Fading West EP and one of two lead radio singles promoting Switchfoot's ninth studio album, Fading West, which was released on January 14, 2014. On January 21, a single containing three remixes of the song was released.
"Love Alone Is Worth the Fight" is a song by American alternative rock band Switchfoot, released on September 17, 2013, on the band's Fading West EP. The song serves as one of two lead singles from Switchfoot's ninth studio album Fading West, which was released on January 14, 2014.
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- ↑ Video on YouTube
- ↑ "Switchfoot Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
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