Movies (Circa Waves song)

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"Movies"
Circa Waves - Movies.jpg
Single by Circa Waves
from the album What's It Like Over There?
Released27 November 2018
Length3:24
Label PIAS
Songwriter(s) Kieran Shudall [1]
Producer(s) Alan Moulder
Circa Waves singles chronology
"Goodbye"
(2017)
"Movies"
(2018)
"Me, Myself and Hollywood"
(2019)
Music video
"Movies" on YouTube

"Movies" is a song by British indie rock band, Circa Waves, from their third studio album What's It Like Over There? (2019).

Contents

The single premiered on 27 November 2018, with a lyric video released on the band's YouTube channel. On 10 January 2019, Circa Waves released a corresponding music video. The song charted on Belgium's Ultratop charts, peaking at number 11 in the Walloon Ultratop chart and 39 in the Flemish Ultratop chart. It was their first single since "T-Shirt Weather" to chart.

Background and composition

The single was released with the announcement of their third studio album, What's It Like Over There? [2] It was further announced that Alan Moulder would return as the producer for the album and the single. [2]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [3] 39
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [4] 11

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References

  1. "ASCAP Songview repertory entry for this song" . Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Earls, John (28 November 2018). "Circa Waves announce new album and its inspirations: "Drake, LCD Soundsystem and being off my face on Strongbow"". NME. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. "Circa Waves – Movies" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  4. "Circa Waves – Movies" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 6, 2019.