"Kill the Director" | ||||
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Single by the Wombats | ||||
from the album The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation | ||||
B-side | "Metro Song", "There She Goes", "Sunday TV", "Bleeding Love" | |||
Released | 25 June 2007 | |||
Length | 2:50 | |||
Label | 14th Floor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dan Haggis, Tord Øverland Knudsen, Matthew Murphy | |||
Producer(s) | Steve Harris, the Wombats | |||
The Wombats singles chronology | ||||
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"Kill the Director" is a song by English indie rock band the Wombats. Originally released in 2007, the song reached number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The track was re-released as a download and 7-inch single in 2008 with the 7-inch only being available from the band's website, this time reaching number 48 on the UK chart. The 7-inch re-releases contain cover versions of "There She Goes" by the La's and "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis.
First releaseUK CD single [1]
UK 7-inch single (purple) [2]
UK 7-inch single (red) [3]
| Second releaseUK CD single [4]
UK 7-inch single 1 [5]
UK 7-inch single 2 [6]
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On 6 July 2008, Kill the Director entered the UK Singles Chart at number 93 on downloads alone. The following week, the song moved up to number 48 following the physical release.
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC) [7] | 35 |
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC) [7] | 48 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [8] | Gold | 400,000 |
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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