Little Shocks

"Little Shocks"
Single by Kaiser Chiefs
from the album The Future Is Medieval
Released	30 May 2011 (2011-05-30)
Genre	Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length	3:42
Label	Polydor
Songwriters	Nick Hodgson, Ricky Wilson, Simon Rix, Nick Baines, Andrew "Whitey" White
Producer	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 bubbled under at number 179 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was released and premiered on Zane Lowe's then-BBC Radio 1 programme on 30 May 2011. ^{[1] [2]}

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Little Shocks" was released on the same day, and was directed by Jamie Roberts. ^[3] 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) [4]	13
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) [5]	179

References

1. "BBC Radio 1 - Zane Lowe, Hottest Record In The World From The Kaiser Chiefs". BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
2. Interviews, Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews &; Murray, Robin (31 May 2011). "Watch: Kaiser Chiefs - Little Shocks". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
3. "Kaiser Chiefs' Little Shocks by Jamie Roberts on Promo News". Promo News. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
4. "Kaiser Chiefs – Little Shocks" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
5. Chart Log UK