Swords (Leftfield song)

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"Swords"
Leftfield - Swords-1.jpg
Cover of CD1
Single by Leftfield featuring Nicole Willis
from the album Rhythm and Stealth
Released10 July 2000
Recorded Rollover Studios, London
Genre
Length4:05
Label Hard Hands/Chrysalis Music
Songwriter(s) Neil Barnes, Paul Daley and Nicole Willis
Producer(s) Leftfield
Leftfield featuring Nicole Willis singles chronology
"Dusted"
(1999)
"Swords"
(2000)
Alternative cover
Leftfield - Swords-2.jpg
Cover of CD2.

"Swords" is a song by Leftfield, released as the third single from their album Rhythm and Stealth , which also counts as their last single release until 2015. The song featured vocals by Nicole Willis. It was first featured on the soundtrack to the movie Go in April 1999, then included on the album Rhythm and Stealth on 20 September 1999 and released as a single on 10 July 2000 on the Hard Hands record label, published by Chrysalis Music.

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Track listing

CD1

  1. Swords (Radio Edit) - 4:05
  2. Swords (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix) - 5:55
  3. Swords (Leftfield Exit Mix) - 5:27
  4. Swords (Video Version)

CD2

  1. Swords (Leftfield Revisited Mix) - 4:43
  2. Swords (Cari Lekebusch Remix) - 5:03
  3. Swords (To Rocco Rot Remix) - 5:16

12"

  1. Swords (Leftfield Revisited Mix) - 4:43
  2. Swords (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix) - 5:55
  3. Swords (Cari Lekebusch Remix) - 5:03
  4. Swords (To Rocco Rot Remix) - 5:16

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