I Can't Stand It (Blossoms song)

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"I Can't Stand It"
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Single by Blossoms
from the album Cool Like You
Released1 March 2018
Length2:57
Label Virgin EMI
Songwriter(s) Tom Ogden
Producer(s) James Skelly Rich Turvey
Blossoms singles chronology
"This Moment"
(2017)
"I Can't Stand It"
(2018)
"There's a Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)"
(2018)

"I Can't Stand It" is a song performed by English rock band Blossoms. The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2018 by Virgin EMI Records as the lead single from their second studio album Cool Like You . The song has peaked at number 77 on the UK Singles Chart and number 60 on the Scottish Singles Chart.

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Background

Speaking to Radio X, Tom Ogden said: "We've got a new single out today, so the all-round vibe with the band is good. We're excited about that." [1] Speaking to NME, Ogden said, "In the end, we recorded it in 21 days or something like that, but over the course of maybe 4 months. We looked back at how can we improve ourselves, before we realised that we’ve gotta take our live setup up another level and have some more upbeat songs." [2]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "I Can't Stand It" was first released onto YouTube on 9 March 2018. [3] When talking about the video, Tom Ogden said, "The video was inspired by the film Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. I’m undergoing a procedure to erase memories of a former love." [2] [4]

Track listing

Digital download - Remixes [5]
No.TitleLength
1."I Can't Stand It" (Hi, I’m Claude Remix)4:49
2."I Can't Stand It" (Bodhi Remix)6:21

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [6] 60
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 77

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom1 March 2018 Virgin EMI Records

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