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This Is Happening
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Studio album by
LCD Soundsystem
ReleasedMay 17, 2010 (2010-05-17)
RecordedApril 1, 2009 – February 24, 2010
Studio
Genre
Length65:17
Label
Producer James Murphy
LCD Soundsystem chronology
45:33 Remixes
(2009)		This Is Happening
(2010)		 London Sessions
(2010)
LCD Soundsystem studio albums chronology
Sound of Silver
(2007)		This Is Happening
(2010)		 American Dream
(2017)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dance Yrself Clean"Murphy8:56
2."Drunk Girls"
3:42
3."One Touch"
7:45
4."All I Want"Murphy6:41
5."I Can Change"
  • Murphy
  • Mahoney
5:52
6."You Wanted a Hit"
9:06
7."Pow Pow"
8:23
8."Somebody's Calling Me"Murphy6:53
9."Home"Murphy7:53
Total length:65:17
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Throw" (Paperclip People cover) Carl Craig 10:01
11."Oh You (Christmas Blues)"Murphy3:51
Total length:79:09

Personnel

All personnel and credits adapted from album liner notes. [46]

Charts

The album debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200 in its first week on sale, selling approximately 31,000 copies. [47] It also topped Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart the same week of its debut, which dethroned Lady Gaga's The Fame from its five-month reign on the chart for one week. [48] As of January 2016, the album has sold about 211,000 copies in United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. About 86,800 of those are physical copies, and about 124,500 of those are digital copies. [49]

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [71] Silver60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ Mossman is credited as a member of the band during recording, but is not attributed to any contributions.
References
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