Perfect Replacement

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"Perfect Replacement"
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Single by Example
from the album The Evolution of Man
Released24 February 2013
Recorded2011–12
Genre
Length3:28
Label Ministry of Sound
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Feed Me
Example singles chronology
"Close Enemies"
(2012)
"Perfect Replacement"
(2013)
"All the Wrong Places"
(2013)

"Perfect Replacement" is a song by British recording artist Example. It was released as the third single from his fourth studio album, The Evolution of Man , on 24 February 2013 following his UK arena tour. The song was written by Elliot Gleave and Feed Me, the latter who also produced the song.

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Background and release

"Perfect Replacement" received its live debut in August 2012 at the V Festival, [2] and was played on 17 September 2012 at the iTunes Festival. [3] The track received its radio debut on Greg James' BBC Radio 1 show on 15 November 2012, where Gleave announced it was to be released as a single.

On 6 December 2012, the remixes on the EP were announced. The single was due to feature remixes from R3hab & Hard Rock Sofa, Danny Howard, Datsik, Route 94 and Toyboy & Robin. [4] However, the Route 94 remix was not finished in time to be released. [5] The Danny Howard and R3hab & Hard Rock Sofa remixes were uploaded to the Ministry of Sound YouTube channel on 21 December 2012 and 2 January 2013 respectively, [6] [7] while the Datsik remix was uploaded on UKF Music's channel UKFDubstep. [8]

Music video

Gleave requested that members of the public applied to feature as ravers in the video, to be filmed on 10 December. [9] The video shoot was finished on 11 December 2012. The video was released onto YouTube at 12:30 am on New Year's Day 2013, at a total length of four minutes and twenty-four seconds. [10]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Perfect Replacement" (Radio Edit)3:27
2."Perfect Replacement" (Extended Mix)5:18
3."Perfect Replacement" (Danny Howard Remix)5:57
4."Perfect Replacement" (R3hab & Hard Rock Sofa Extended Vocal Mix)6:29
5."Perfect Replacement" (Datsik Remix)4:05
6."Perfect Replacement" (Toyboy & Robin's 1999 Remix)3:57

Chart performance

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 56
Scotland (OCC) [12] 38
UK Dance (OCC) [13] 9
UK Indie (OCC) [14] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 46

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom24 February 2013Digital downloadMinistry of Sound

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