Strong (London Grammar song)

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"Strong"
London-Grammar-Strong.jpg
Single by London Grammar
from the album If You Wait
Released1 September 2013
Genre
Length
  • 3:59 (radio edit)
  • 4:35 (album version)
  • 4:10 (US radio edit)
Label Metal & Dust Recordings
Songwriter(s)
  • Hannah Reid
  • Dot Major
  • Daniel Rothman
Producer(s)
London Grammar singles chronology
"Wasting My Young Years"
(2013)
"Strong"
(2013)
"Help Me Lose My Mind"
(2013)

"Strong" is a song by British indie pop group London Grammar. The song was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2013. The song peaked at number sixteen on the UK Singles Chart, making it their highest-charting single in the UK to-date. Outside the United Kingdom, "Strong" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, with sales and airplay from both the original version and High Contrast remix. [1]

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Strong" was first released on YouTube on 26 July 2013 at a total length of four minutes and two seconds. [2] The video, directed by Sam Brown and produced by Rogue Films, was shot on location at the 6th Street Viaduct in Los Angeles with the actor Nash Edgerton and Savannah Young. [3] The video features an unnamed man with his little daughter going to a vacant area of the viaduct, where he turns in a human torch for putting an insulating clothing full of fireworks, dancing madly along the area after it fires on around him as a show for her. As of April 2021, it has over 52 million views on YouTube. [2]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Strong" (edit)3:59
2."Strong" (High Contrast remix)5:30
3."Strong" (Hackman remix)5:13
4."Strong" (Fracture remix)4:35
5."Strong" (MrZorb remix)3:32
6."Feelings"3:46

Charts and certifications

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom [30] 1 September 2013 Digital download Metal & Dust Recordings
Australia [31] 25 October 2013
New Zealand [32]
United States [33] 11 November 2013

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