Overcome (Nothing But Thieves song)

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"Overcome"
NothingButThieves Overcome.jpg
Single by Nothing but Thieves
from the album Dead Club City
Released10 May 2023 (2023-05-10)
Genre Synth-pop, Alternative rock
Length3:34
Label Sony UK
Songwriter(s)
  • Joseph Langridge-Brown
  • Dominic Craik
  • Conor Mason
Producer(s)
  • Dominic Craik
  • Jonathan Gilmore
Nothing but Thievessingles chronology
"Welcome to the DCC"
(2023)
"Overcome"
(2023)
"Keeping You Around"
(2023)
Music video
"Overcome" on YouTube

"Overcome" is a song recorded by English alternative rock band Nothing but Thieves from their fourth studio album, Dead Club City (2023). The song was released by Sony UK on 10 May 2023, as the second single off the album. It peaked at number 6 on the Dutch Top 40, number 25 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, number 36 on the UK Singles Sales Chart and number 44 in the Ultratop 50.

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It was later voted as Record of the Year 2023 by Radio X listeners.

Background

In a press release, the band depicted the feeling of "Overcome" akin to the journey of a road trip, as a "throw your stuff in a bag and get away" song, and that "Dead Club City (the city) would definitely feel enticing for someone like that". Continuing on, the band described the song's overall role within the rest of the album, with it being the main motive for the fictional characters within the DCC world to move to the city itself; and therefore "having a song on the album that would describe why someone would want change" felt like the right decision for the band. [1]

Music video

The official music video for "Overcome" was released onto YouTube on 11 May 2023, directed by Teeeezy C. [2]

Track listing

Digital download [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Overcome"3:34
2."Welcome to the DCC"3:17

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2023)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] 44
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 93
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [6] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7] 29
UK Singles Sales Chart [8] 36
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [9] 25

Year-end charts

Chart (2023)Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [10] 3

Certifications

Certifications for Overcome
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI) [11] Gold46,500

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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