| "For What It's Worth" | ||||
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| Single by Placebo | ||||
| from the album Battle for the Sun | ||||
| B-side | "Wouldn't It Be Good" | |||
| Released | 20 April 2009 (radio première) 1 June 2009 (official release) | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 2:47 | |||
| Label | PIAS | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Steve Forrest, William Patrick Lloyd, Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal | |||
| Producer(s) | David Bottrill | |||
| Placebo singles chronology | ||||
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"For What It's Worth" is the first official single from Placebo's sixth studio album, Battle for the Sun .
It was released on 20 April 2009, in a similar fashion to "Battle for the Sun"; it first played on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 programme, and then was made available as a digital download from iTunes and emusic. [1] The single featured a cover of Nik Kershaw's "Wouldn't It Be Good" as the B-side. [2]
The video for the song was released on the following day, on the band's MySpace page. [3] The single was released in the U.S. via iTunes and UK via emusic on 5 May 2009.
The single debuted in the UK Singles Chart at No. 97 after it was released exclusively via iTunes. [4] It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single.
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [5] | 88 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [6] | 24 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [7] | 23 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [8] | 24 |
| France (SNEP) [9] | 25 |
| Germany (Official German Charts) [10] | 34 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] | 33 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [12] | 97 |
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