Don't Fight It (The Panics song)

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"Don't Fight It"
Don't Fight it by The Panics.png
Australian vinyl cover art
Single by The Panics
from the album Cruel Guards
ReleasedAugust 2007 [1]
Length5:01
Label Dew Process
Songwriter(s) Jae Laffer, Paul Otway, Drew Wootton, Myles Wootton, Julian Grigor [2]
Producer(s) Scott Horscroft, The Panics
The Panics singles chronology
"Factory Girl"
(2006)
"Don't Fight It"
(2007)
"Get Us Home"
(2007)

"Don't Fight It" is a song written and recorded by the Australian band The Panics. It was released in August 2007 as the lead single from the band's third studio album, Cruel Guards . In January 2008, the song was voted in at number 10 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2007. [3] Following this, the song entered and peaked at number 43 in the ARIA Charts in February 2008, becoming the band's first single in the ARIA top 100.

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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008, the song was nominated for Breakthrough Artist - Single. [4]

The song was used for the end scene of the Ugly Betty episode "Tornado Girl" in 2008 [5] and in episodes of Underbelly . It also appears on the Underbelly soundtrack album. [6]

Background and reception

During the writing of the album, Myles Wootton approached Laffer with a drum loop and trumpet sample that swiftly evolved into "Don't Fight It". [7]

The song is in the key of A major and should be played at a tempo of 92 BPM. [8]

In a positive album review by Andy Gill from The Independent he called the song "the best of all". [9]

Track listing

7" single
  1. "Don't Fight It"
  2. "Get Us Home"

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [10] 43

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalogue
AustraliaAugust 2007 [1] Digital download Dew Process Dew90005
United Kingdom2009CDPública RecordsPUBLIC-CDP1
Australia20097" VinylDew ProceeVISA004

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