Connect the Dots (song)

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"Connect the Dots"
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Single by New Found Glory
from the album Kill It Live
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2013 (2013-09-10)
Recorded2013 at Buzzbomb Sound Labs, Orange, California [1]
Genre Pop punk, alternative rock
Length3:11
Label Violently Happy/Bridge Nine
Songwriter(s) New Found Glory
Producer(s) Paul Miner, New Found Glory
New Found Glory singles chronology
"Radiosurgery"
(2011)
"Connect the Dots"
(2013)

"Connect the Dots" is a song by American rock band New Found Glory, serving as a limited edition single from their first live album Kill It Live (2013). The single was released on September 10 via Violently Happy Records, a partnership between independent label Bridge Nine Records and the bands guitarist Chad Gilbert. [2] [3]

Contents

The single was announced in August and later released as a digital download on September 10, [4] [5] before a 7" vinyl limited to just 1,000 pressings across three variants on September 17. [6] The single features title track "Connect the Dots" (one of three new studio recordings specifically for Kill It Live), as well as live recordings of "Truck Stop Blues" and "Better Off Dead", which were not included in the final cut of the full album. [7] The band had performed two sold-out dates at the Chain Reaction music venue in Anaheim, California between March 27–28, 2013. [8]

Track listing

Digital download [9]
No.TitleLength
1."Connect the Dots"3:11
Total length:3:11
7" vinyl [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Connect the Dots"3:11
2."Better Off Dead (live)"3:01
3."Truck Stop Blues (live)"2:19
Total length:8:31

Personnel

The following personnel contributed to Connect the Dots, as adapted from the single liner notes. [10]

New Found Glory
Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue #
WorldwideSeptember 10, 2013 [11] Violently Happy/Bridge Nine Digital download B9R198/VHR005
September 17, 2013 [6] 7" vinyl

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