Shock Horror

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"Shock Horror"
Single by The View
Released2 February 2009
Genre
Length9:11 (CD), 4:08 (7")
Label 1965 Records
Songwriter(s) Kyle Falconer, Kieren Webster, Pete Reilly, Steve Morrison
The View singles chronology
"5Rebbeccas"
(2008)
"Shock Horror"
(2009)
"Temptation Dice"
(2009)

"Shock Horror" is the second single released by Scottish band The View, from their second album Which Bitch? . The B-side on the CD release is My Mother. The song was available in MP3 format from 5 December 2008, when the 7" was pre-ordered from the band's official website. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The video for the song was released in December 2008. The song received better airplay than the previous single "5Rebbeccas" did, but it performed even worse than its predecessor, charting only at #64 in the UK Singles Chart before dropping to #94 in its second week. [4]

Track listing

  1. "Shock Horror" - 4:08
  2. "My Mother" - 5:03

Band members

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  4. "Shock Horror". UK Official Charts. 14 February 2009.