Something Good (Alt-J song)

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"Something Good"
SomethingGood.jpg
Single by Alt-J
from the album An Awesome Wave
Released28 September 2012
Recorded2011
Genre Indie rock, art rock
Length3:38
Label Infectious
Songwriter(s)
  • Joe Newman
  • Gus Unger-Hamilton
  • Gwilym Sainsbury
  • Thom Green
Producer(s) Charlie Andrew
Alt-J singles chronology
"Tessellate"
(2012)
"Something Good"
(2012)
"Fitzpleasure"
(2012)
Music video
"Something Good" on YouTube

"Something Good" is a song by English indie rock quartet Alt-J from their debut studio album An Awesome Wave (2012). The song was released on 28 September 2012 as the album's fourth single. The song was written by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwilym Sainsbury, Thom Green and produced by Charlie Andrew.

Contents

The song was featured in the 2013 version of BBC Two's "Tent Explorer" ident. It was also featured in the 2015 video game Life Is Strange . [1]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Something Good" was first released on YouTube on 18 September 2012 at a total length of three minutes and forty-two seconds. [2] The video was shot in Los Angeles, California, by Brewer, a directing duo by brothers Alex and Ben Brewer, [3] and has earned them the 2013 Young Director Award for Non-European Music Video. [4]

Track listing

Digital download [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Something Good"3:38
2."Something Good" (BlackBox Remix)6:29
3."Something Good" (Tong & Rogers Remix)8:22
4."Something Good" (Fort Romeau Remix)4:36
5."Something Good" (The Invisible Remix)5:08

Chart performance

Chart (2012–13)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [6] 16
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [7] 31
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 76
UK Indie (OCC) [9] 6

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [10] Gold35,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom28 September 2012 [5] Digital download Infectious

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