For What It's Worth (The Cardigans song)

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"For What It's Worth"
For What It's Worth (The Cardigans song) album cover.jpg
Single by the Cardigans
from the album Long Gone Before Daylight
B-side "The Road", "Das Model"
Released5 March 2003 (2003-03-05)
Length4:18
Label Stockholm
Songwriter(s) Peter Svensson, Nina Persson
Producer(s) Per Sunding
The Cardigans singles chronology
"Burning Down the House"
(1999)		"For What It's Worth"
(2003)		"You're the Storm"
(2003)

"For What It's Worth" is the first single from Swedish band the Cardigans's fifth studio album, Long Gone Before Daylight (2003). It was released on 5 March 2003, reaching number eight in the band's native Sweden, number 31 in the United Kingdom, number 37 in Ireland, and number 98 in the Netherlands. Nicky Wire, bassist of the Manic Street Preachers, thinks this song has the best lyrics. [1] The music video was directed by Amir Chamdin. [2]

Contents

Track listings

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
Japan5 March 2003CD Universal Music Japan [16]
United Kingdom10 March 2003
  • CD
  • cassette
 Stockholm [17] [18]
United States19 April 2003 Triple A radio [19]

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