| "Flaws" | ||||
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| Single by Bastille | ||||
| from the album Bad Blood | ||||
| A-side | "Flaws" (2011) | |||
| B-side | "Durban Skies" (2012) | |||
| Released | 4 July 2011 21 October 2012 3 March 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
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| Length | 3:37 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Dan Smith | |||
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| "Bastille - Flaws (Official Music Video)" on YouTube | ||||
"Flaws" is the debut single by British band Bastille,first released in 2011 through the independent label Young and Lost Club as a double A-side 7-inch single with their song "Icarus". The single was later re-released through Virgin Records as a digital download on 21 October 2012,featuring remixes and new B-side track "Durban Skies",peaking at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart on this occasion. "Flaws" was released for a third time on 3 March 2014,but did not improve upon its previous peak.
"Flaws" makes extensive use of compound quadruple meter (12
8 time). [1]
Two music videos have been produced. The first accompanied the 2012 release of "Flaws" and was first released onto YouTube on 12 September 2012 at a total length of three minutes and forty-one seconds. [2] A second video released in 2014 for the single's re-release documents the band's experiences of 2013 via a video montage of several of their performances.
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI) [17] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA) [18] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| United Kingdom [19] [3] | 4 July 2011 | 7" vinyl | Young and Lost Club |
| 21 October 2012 | Digital download | Virgin Records | |
| Italy [20] | 14 March 2014 | Contemporary hit radio | |
| United States [21] [22] [23] | 8 July 2014 | Modern rock radio | |
| 11 August 2014 | Adult album alternative radio | ||
| 9 September 2014 | Contemporary hit radio |