Little Shocks

"Little Shocks"
Single by Kaiser Chiefs
from the album The Future Is Medieval
Released	17 June 2011 (2011-06-17)
Genre	Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length	3:42
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Nick Hodgson, Ricky Wilson, Simon Rix, Nick Baines, Andrew "Whitey" White
Producer(s)	Tony Visconti
Kaiser Chiefs singles chronology
"Good Days Bad Days" (2008) "Little Shocks" (2011) "Man on Mars" (2011)

"Little Shocks" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, taken from their fourth studio album The Future Is Medieval (2011). The song was written by Nick Hodgson, Ricky Wilson, Simon Rix, Nick Baines, and Andrew "Whitey" White. It was produced by Tony Visconti. It peaked at number 179 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Little Shocks" was first released onto YouTube on 28 June 2011, and was directed by Jamie Roberts. ^[1] It is three minutes and fifty-two seconds long, and it features electrically based physics equipment, such as a Tesla coil behind the band, and Ricky Wilson in a Faraday cage.

Track listing

Promo CD-Single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Little Shocks"	3:37

Album version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Little Shocks"	3:42

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [2]	13
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) [3]	179

References

1. "Kaiser Chiefs' Little Shocks by Jamie Roberts on Promo News". Promo News. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
2. "Kaiser Chiefs – Little Shocks" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
3. Chart Log UK