Hypersonic Missiles (song)

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"Hypersonic Missiles"
Hypersonic Missiles Single.jpg
Single by Sam Fender
from the album Hypersonic Missiles
Released5 March 2019
Recorded2019
Genre
Length3:57
Label Polydor Records
Songwriter(s) Sam Fender
Producer(s) Bramwell Bronte
Sam Fender singles chronology
"That Sound"
(2018)
"Hypersonic Missiles"
(2019)
"Will We Talk?"
(2019)

"Hypersonic Missiles" is a song written and performed by English musician Sam Fender and produced by Bramwell Bronte. The song was released as a digital download on 5 March 2019 by Polydor Records as the fifth single from his debut studio album Hypersonic Missiles . [2] [3] [4] It peaked at number 48 on the UK Singles Chart. "Hypersonic Missiles" was voted Hottest Record of the Year 2019 by BBC Radio 1 listeners. [5]

Contents

Background

In a press release, Fender explained the name of the song was "inspired by a newly developed Russian missile that travels at something like nine times the speed of sound." When describing "Hypersonic Missiles", he said it is "In many ways, an unorthodox love song". [6] He further explained that

Its main focus is on the world around the narrator, who is a complete tin foil hatter. They are convinced the world is on its last legs; they know that it is rife with injustice but feel completely helpless and lacking the necessary intelligence to change it while remaining hopelessly addicted to the fruits of consumerism. Amongst all the chaos is love and celebration, there is this glimmer of hope that runs through the song, a little notion that no matter what happens, these two people are gonna have a fucking good time regardless of the tyrants that run their world, and regardless of the imminent doom from these 'Hypersonic Missiles'. [6]

The lyrics referred to the "bombings in Gaza", the "rising tensions in global politics" and the "corporate machine". [6]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Hypersonic Missiles" was first released onto YouTube on 4 April 2019. [7]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Hypersonic Missiles"3:57
Digital download (Remix) [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Hypersonic Missiles" (Patrick Topping Shields Remix)3:58
2."Hypersonic Missiles" (Patrick Topping Extended Shields Remix)7:45

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [9] 13
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [10] 37
Billboard Mexico Ingles Airplay [11] 11
Scotland (OCC) [12] 16
Switzerland Airplay (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 92
UK Singles (OCC) [14] 48
US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [15] 15

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] 2× Platinum1,200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various5 March 2019 Polydor [2]
Italy8 March 2019 Radio airplay Capitol [17]

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