Dead End Countdown

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"Dead End Countdown"
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Single by The New Cities
from the album Lost in City Lights
Released2009
Length3:17
Label Sony Music Canada
Songwriter(s) Christian Bergeron, Matthew Brann, David Brown, Nicolas Denis, Francis Fugere, Philippe Lachance, Julien Martre, Greig Nori
The New Cities singles chronology
"Dead End Countdown"
(2009)
"Leaders Of The Misled"
(2009)

"Dead End Countdown" is the debut single by Canadian band The New Cities from their debut album, Lost in City Lights . It peaked at #16 [1] on the Canadian Hot 100 in July 2009 and a month later, the single was certified gold by the CRIA with over 20,000 digital downloads. [2]

The song won the SOCAN "POP/ROCK music award" [3] and the music video , directed by Jodeb, has been nominated at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards for "Post-Production of the Year".

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  2. "CRIA". Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2010-10-24. Gold Certification: August 2009
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