Give Me the Future

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Give Me the Future
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Studio album by
Released4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)
Genre
Length32:15
40:53(deluxe)
70:47(+ Dreams of the Past)
Label EMI
Producer
Bastille chronology
Goosebumps EP
(2020)
Give Me the Future
(2022)
"&" (Ampersand)
(2024)
Singles from Give Me the Future
  1. "Distorted Light Beam"
    Released: 23 June 2021
  2. "Give Me the Future"
    Released: 15 July 2021
  3. "Thelma + Louise"
    Released: 18 August 2021
  4. "No Bad Days"
    Released: 19 October 2021
  5. "Shut Off the Lights"
    Released: 14 January 2022
Give Me the Future track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Distorted Light Beam"
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Tedder
  • Maro
2:57
2."Thelma + Louise"
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Dan Priddy
2:17
3."No Bad Days"
  • Smith
  • Philip Plested
  • Crew
  • Daniel Priddy
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Priddy
3:05
4."Brave New World" (interlude)
  • Smith
  • Yacoub
  • Smith
  • Crew
0:27
5."Back to the Future"
  • Smith
  • Yacoub
  • Crew
  • Smith
  • Crew
2:53
6."Plug In..."Smith
  • Smith
  • Crew
2:40
7."Promises" (with Riz Ahmed) Rizwan Ahmed Ahmed1:25
8."Shut Off the Lights"
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Coffer
3:07
9."Stay Awake?"
  • Smith
  • Yacoub
  • Crew
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Priddy
3:07
10."Give Me the Future"
  • Smith
  • Ralph Pelleymounter
  • Crew
  • Smith
  • Crew
3:39
11."Club 57"
  • Smith
  • Tedder
  • Crew
  • Smith
  • Crew
3:12
12."Total Dissociation" (interlude)
  • Smith
  • Pelleymounter
  • Crew
  • Smith
  • Crew
0:43
13."Future Holds" (featuring Bim)
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Jack Duxbury
  • Smith
  • Crew
2:43
Total length:32:15
Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Back to the Innerverse" (interlude)
  • Smith
  • Beau Colburn
Smith0:20
15."Real Life"
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Tedder
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Tedder
2:20
16."Survivin'"
  • Smith
  • Plested
  • Crew
  • Priddy
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Priddy
2:52
17."Shut Off the Lights" (Spinall remix)
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Plested
  • Coffer
  • Smith
  • Crew
  • Coffer
3:06
Total length:40:53
Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past
No.TitleLength
1."Back to the Innerverse" (interlude)0:20
2."Real Life"2:20
3."Family Ties"2:46
4."Distorted Light Beam" (reprise)3:23
5."Revolution"3:03
6."Survivin'"2:53
7."No More Bad Days"3:59
8."Hope for the Future"3:32
9."Other People's Heartache" (interlude)0:45
10."Run into Trouble" (featuring Alok)3:02
11."Remind Me"3:02
12."Eight Hours" (featuring Tyde)3:28
13."Dancing in the Dark"3:07
14."Running Away"2:52
Total length:70:47

Notes

Personnel

Bastille

Additional musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Give Me the Future
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [24] 69
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [25] 30
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [26] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [27] 53
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [28] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [29] 15
Irish Albums (IRMA) [30] 96
Scottish Albums (OCC) [31] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [32] 28
UK Albums (OCC) [33] 1
US Billboard 200 [34] 110
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [35] 13
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [36] 17

Certifications

Certifications for Give Me the Future
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [37] Silver60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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