Settle Down (No Doubt song)

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"Settle Down"
Settle Down No Doubt cover art.png
Single by No Doubt
from the album Push and Shove
ReleasedJuly 16, 2012
Recorded
Genre
Length
  • 6:01 (album version)
  • 3:36 (radio edit)
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Spike Stent
No Doubt singles chronology
"Bathwater (Invincible Overlord Remix)"
(2004)		"Settle Down"
(2012)		"Looking Hot"
(2012)
Audio sample
"Settle Down"

Charts

Release history

CountryDateFormat
United States [64] July 16, 2012 Digital download
Australia [65] July 17, 2012
Brazil [66]
Czech Republic [67]
New Zealand [68]
Portugal [69]
United Kingdom [64] September 24, 2012
GermanyAugust 17, 2012 CD single

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