One of Us Is Gonna Die Young

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"One of Us Is Gonna Die Young"
Single by the Ark
from the album State of The Ark
Released 2004
Genre Glam rock
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Ola Salo
The Ark singles chronology
"Disease"
(2003)
"One of Us Is Gonna Die Young"
(2004)
"Clamour for Glamour"
(2005)

"One of Us Is Gonna Die Young" is a song written by Ola Salo and recorded on the Ark's 2004 studio album, State of The Ark . It was released as a single in the same year, [1] peaking at 4th position at the Swedish singles chart.

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The song also charted at Trackslistan. Charting at Svensktoppen, it stayed on the chart for 9 weeks between 9 January [2] and 27 February 2005, [3] [4] peaking at 6th position.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004–2005)Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [5] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [6] 94
Chart (2005)Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 70

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