The Suburbs/Month of May

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"The Suburbs"/"Month of May"
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Single by Arcade Fire
from the album The Suburbs
Released2010
Genre Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length5:14
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Arcade Fire
Producer(s) Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire singles chronology
"No Cars Go"
(2007)		"The Suburbs" / "Month of May"
(2010)		"We Used to Wait"
(2010)

"The Suburbs"/"Month of May" is a single from Arcade Fire's third album The Suburbs . It was released in 2010. It reached number 94 on the Canadian Hot 100.

Contents

Music video

A music video was made for the single and was uploaded to YouTube on November 22, 2010. [1] The video is a shortened version of the short film Scenes from the Suburbs, directed by Spike Jonze and inspired by the album itself.

In February 2011, music video blog Yes, We've Got a Video! ranked the song's music video at number 7 in their top 30 videos of 2010. The video was praised as "a twisted, haunting view of the insecurities, frustrations and fear that can come with seemingly innocent suburban life." [2]

Covers

"The Suburbs" was covered by Father John Misty in 2015. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Arcade Fire.

No.TitleLength
1."The Suburbs"5:14
No.TitleLength
1."Month of May"3:50

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] 60
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [5] 65
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [6] 94
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [7] 40
US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 26

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [9]
"The Suburbs" 		Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Official Video). YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
  2. ↑ "Top 30 Videos of 2010: 10 – 1!". Yes, We've Got a Video!. Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  3. ↑ Monroe, Jazz (2015-07-03). "Father John Misty Discusses His Cover of Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  4. ↑ "Arcade Fire – The Suburbs" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ "Arcade Fire – The Suburbs" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ "Arcade Fire Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ↑ "Arcade Fire Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Arcade Fire Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard.
  9. ↑ "British single certifications – Arcade Fire – The Suburbs". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved September 24, 2023.
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