Figure It Out (Royal Blood song)

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"Figure It Out"
Royal Blood - Figure It Out (Artwork).jpg
Single by Royal Blood
from the album Royal Blood
Released18 August 2014 (2014-08-18)
Recorded
Genre Hard rock
Length3:04
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
  • Mike Kerr
  • Ben Thatcher
Producer(s)
  • Tom Dalgety
  • Mike Kerr
  • Ben Thatcher
Royal Blood singles chronology
"Come On Over"
(2014)
"Figure It Out"
(2014)
"Ten Tonne Skeleton"
(2014)

"Figure It Out" is a song written by Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher of British rock duo Royal Blood. The song was originally recorded by the duo for the band's eponymous debut studio album, Royal Blood , where it appears as the third track on the album. The track also appeared on the band's fourth single, released by Black Mammoth Records and Warner Bros. Records on 18 August 2014 as the lead single promoting Royal Blood.

Contents

Album artwork was designed from an original piece titled 'Deeps' by London-based artist Dan Hillier.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher. All tracks produced by Tom Dalgety with Kerr and Thatcher

"Figure It Out" digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Figure It Out"3:04
Total length:3:04
"Figure It Out" 7" (WEA494)
No.TitleLength
1."Figure It Out"3:04
2."Love and Leave It Alone"3:31
Total length:6:35

Personnel

Partly adapted from Out of the Black liner notes. [1]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [14] Platinum80,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Platinum600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue no.
Australia [16] 18 July 2014 Digital download Warner Bros. none
France [17]
United States [18] 8 August 2014 Active rock radio
United Kingdom [19] [20] 17 August 2014Digital download
18 August 2014 7" vinyl WEA494
United States [21] 26 August 2014 Modern rock radionone

"Figure It Out" also appears on the soundtrack for the video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 . The song also was used as the music in the trailer for the second series of the BBC One drama, Doctor Foster and for the Supernatural Season 10 trailer and the British Touring Car Championship 2014 season montage. The song was also used in season 1 episode 11 of the TV show Gotham .

It was also used as the opening track in the Entourage movie.

In the lead up to the downfall of Gray Atkins; a serial killer in the British soap, EastEnders, “Figure It Out” is played while Kheerat Panesar is confronting Gray on the abuse of Gray’s late wife, Chantelle, in the property of Number One, Albert Square. The episode aired on February 21, 2022.

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