Fred Astaire (song)

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"Fred Astaire"
Fred Astaire by San cisco.png
Single by San Cisco
from the album San Cisco
Released25 January 2013 (2013-01-25) [1]
Studio Sing Sing Studios
Length2:56
Label San Cisco Music
Songwriter(s) Jordi Davieson * Josh Biondillo * Scarlett Stevens * Nick Gardner [2]
Producer(s) Steven Schram
San Cisco singles chronology
"Beach"
(2012)
"Fred Astaire"
(2013)
"Get Lucky"
(2013)
Music video
"Fred Astaire" on YouTube

"Fred Astaire" is a song recorded by Australian indie pop band San Cisco, from the band's debut self-titled studio album. Originally released as a CD-R promotional single in November 2012, "Fred Astaire" was released as the album's second Australian single (third overall) in January 2013. The song debuted and peaked at number 89 in Australia in February 2013.

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The song polled at number 48 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2012. [3]

The song was released in North America in May 2013. [4]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2013, the song's video was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Video.

Reception

Jason Grishkoff from Indie Shuffle said the song a "thoroughly fun indie pop single." [5] Daniel Martin from NME called the song "Super-sickly indie pop". [6]

Track listings

Digital single

  1. "Fred Astaire" - 2:56

7" single

  1. "Fred Astaire"
  2. "John's Song"

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 89
United Kingdom physical sales(OCC) [8] 90

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References

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  2. "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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