Save Your Scissors

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"Save Your Scissors"
Single by City and Colour
from the album Sometimes
Released2005
Recorded2005
Genre Acoustic music
Length4:48
Label Dine Alone Records
Songwriter(s) Dallas Green
Producer(s) Julius Butty and Dallas Green
City and Colour singles chronology
"Save Your Scissors"
(2005)
"Comin' Home"
(2006)

"Save Your Scissors" is the first single from City and Colour's debut album Sometimes , released in 2005. The song features Dallas Green's vocals and guitar, without accompaniment. [1]

Contents

Music video

The music video shows Dallas' everyday life living in St. Catharines, Ontario, with his playing, eating lunch, stopping by a music store, and going to a practice with Alexisonfire, among other things.

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Canada Hot AC ( Billboard ) [2] 18
Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records) [3] 9

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References

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  2. "City and Colour Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 61. Retrieved 4 December 2019.