Kidding Ourselves

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"Kidding Ourselves"
Kidding ourselves cover.jpg
Single by Stabilo
from the album Happiness and Disaster
ReleasedJuly, 2006
Genre Rock
Length4:25
Label EMI Canada
Songwriter(s) Jesse Dryfhout
Producer(s) Brad Wood
Stabilo singles chronology
"Flawed Design"
(2006)
"Kidding Ourselves"
(2006)
"Don't Look in Their Eyes"

"Kidding Ourselves" is a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. It is the second single from their album Happiness and Disaster, their second album with EMI Canada.

A music video has also been released, directed by Graydon Sheppard. It was on medium rotation on MuchMusic. The video received the Much Music Video Fact Award on March 31, 2006. [1]

The acoustic version of "Kidding Ourselves" was released May 23, 2006 as a digital download. [2]

Chart positions

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Canada Hot AC ( Radio & Records ) [3] 21

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References

  1. "MuchMusic.com | Fresh Videos". web.archive.org. 2006-07-21. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  2. "Radio and Records". web.archive.org. 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  3. "Radio & Records Magazine" (PDF). Radio & Records. November 10, 2006. p. 54. Retrieved October 6, 2019.