This Orient

"This Orient"
Single by Foals
from the album Total Life Forever
Released	3 May 2010 (2010-05-03)
Genre	Indie rock
Length	4:02
Label	Transgressive
Songwriter(s)	Jack Bevan, Edwin Congreave, Walter Gervers, Yannis Philippakis, Jimmy Smith
Foals singles chronology
"Spanish Sahara" (2010) "This Orient" (2010) "Miami" (2010)

"This Orient" is a song by British indie rock band Foals. It was released as the lead single from the band's second album, Total Life Forever . It was made available for digital download on 2 May 2010, and received a physical release the next day. The "Starkey remix" version of the song was used in Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 .

The song is built around vocal samples, ^[1] and the meaning behind the song is unclear.

The song peaked at number 97 on the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

7" single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Orient"	4:02
2.	"This Orient" (Starkey Remix)	4:42

7" single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Orient"	4:02
2.	"Spanish Sahara" (Chad Valley Remix)

Promo CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Orient"	4:06
2.	"This Orient" (Radio Edit)	3:48
3.	"This Orient" (Instrumental)	4:03

Digital download

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Orient"	4:02
2.	"This Orient" (Starkey Remix)	4:42
3.	"This Orient" (Warrior One Remix)	4:19
4.	"This Orient" (Astronomer Remix)	6:24
5.	"Spanish Sahara" (Mosca Remix)	7:32
6.	"Tron" (Kieran Hebden Version)	8:17

This Orient (Starkey Remix) Promo CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Orient" (Starkey Remix)	4:42

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [2]	71
Mexico Ingles Airplay ( Billboard ) [3]	18
Scotland (OCC) [4]	98
UK Singles (OCC) [5]	97

References

1. Winistorfer, Andrew (10 May 2010). "Foals: Total Life Forever". Prefixmag.com.
2. "Foals - Artist - Billboard Japan" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
3. "Foals Chart History (Mexico Ingles Airplay)". Billboard . Retrieved 17 October 2019.
4. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
5. "Foals: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

External links

• Official website