The Avenue (song)

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"The Avenue"
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Single by Roll Deep
from the album In at the Deep End
Released18 July 2005 [1]
Genre Grime, neo soul
Label Relentless Records
Songwriter(s) Wiley, Mark Tibenham, Lol Mason
Producer(s) Wiley
Roll Deep singles chronology
"The Avenue"
(2005)
"Shake a Leg"
(2005)

"The Avenue" is a song by grime collective Roll Deep. The song samples from "Heartache Avenue", a 1983 song by The Maisonettes. The song is the group's first without Dizzee Rascal and it entered the UK Singles Chart at number eleven.

Contents

Track listing

Digital download [2]
  1. "The Avenue" (Radio Edit) – 2:32
CD Single [1]
  1. "The Avenue" (Radio Edit) – 2:32
  2. "When I'm 'Ere" -

Chart performance

Chart (2005)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 11
Chart (2006)Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) [4] 249

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References

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  2. The Avenue single. iTunes.
  3. "Roll Deep: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  4. "Chart Log UK: The Rabble Army – RZA". Music Week & UKChartsPlus . Zobbel.de. Retrieved 9 December 2011.