Flipside (The Click Five song)

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"Flipside"
Single by the Click Five
from the album Modern Minds and Pastimes
ReleasedMay 2008
Genre
Length3:07
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Ben Romans
  • Carl Falk
  • Kristian Lundin
Producer(s) Mike Denneen
The Click Five singles chronology
"Empty"
(2007)		"Flipside"
(2008)		"I Quit, I Quit, I Quit"
(2009)

"Flipside" is a song by American power pop band the Click Five. It was released in May 2008 as the fourth and final single from their second studio album Modern Minds and Pastimes (2007). It was released as a single for digital download-only in South-East Asia. [1]

Contents

Release

"Flipside" was first posted to MySpace on June 13, 2007, along with "Headlight Disco" as a promotional single, ahead of the release of their second studio album Modern Minds and Pastimes . [2] It was later released as a single in May 2008, exclusively to South-East Asia. [1]

Composition

"Flipside" was written by Ben Romans, Carl Falk and Kristian Lundin, while production was handled by Mike Denneen. [3] Musically, the song is described as rock, [4] as well as having some post-grunge influences, drawing comparison to Weezer's Pinkerton . [5]

Critical reception

Colin McGuire of PopMatters stated, "the song as a whole is more pleasant than anything... And while it still may not feel sincere, the chorus is assured to be stuck in your head for days to follow." [6] Entertainment Weekly described the track as "propulsive." [4]

Personnel

Credits for "Flipside" adapted from album's liner notes. [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Flipside"
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Singapore Airplay (Mediacorp) [7] 10

References

  1. 1 2 Bong Godinez (May 30, 2008). "The Click Five performs tonight at the Big Dome". PEP.ph . GMA Network Inc . Retrieved December 3, 2024. the band's latest single, 'Flipside'.
  2. ↑ Johan Wippsson (June 13, 2007). "The Click Five Post Two New Songs At Myspace". Melodic . Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Modern Minds and Pastimes (album liner notes). Atlantic Records. 2007. 168508-2.
  4. 1 2 "Entertainment Weekly: Modern Minds and Pastimes - Review". Entertainment Weekly . July 6, 2007. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Click Five enters round two with new singer". Reuters . August 9, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ Colin McGuire (August 19, 2007). "The Click Five: Modern Minds and Pastimes". PopMatters . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ "987FM Top 20 15 Aug 2008 - 21 Aug 2008". 987fm.sg. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
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