Flawed Design

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"Flawed Design"
FlawedDesign.jpg
Single by Stabilo
from the album Happiness and Disaster
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2006
Genre Indie rock
Length3:47
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Jesse Dryfhout, Kevin Kadish, Christopher John
Producer(s) Brad Wood
Stabilo singles chronology
"One More Pill""Flawed Design"
(2006)
"Kidding Ourselves"
(2006)

"Flawed Design" is a song by Canadian indie rock band Stabilo. It was released in January 2006 as the first single from their album Happiness and Disaster . The song has been performed live since at least May 2004, but was not released on an album until April 4, 2006. It received significant radio airplay across Canada.

Contents

Content

The flaws that the song mentions include lying, temptation, trust, deviousness, and treason.

Music video

The music video, directed by Stephen Scott, shows several scenarios where people have flaws that they lie about, such as cheating and bribery.

Awards

Chart positions

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Canada CHR/Pop Top 40 ( Radio & Records ) [1] 21
Canada Hot AC Top 40 ( Radio & Records ) [2] 1
Canada Rock Top 30 ( Radio & Records ) [3] 18

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