We Started Nothing

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All tracks are written by Jules De Martino and Katie White

We Started Nothing
The Ting Tings We Started Nothing album cover.png
Studio album by
Released16 May 2008 (2008-05-16)
Recorded2007–2008 in Salford
Genre Art pop [1]
Length37:47
Label Columbia
Producer Jules De Martino
The Ting Tings chronology
We Started Nothing
(2008)
Sounds from Nowheresville
(2012)
Alternative cover
We Started Nothing AUS Cover.jpg
International cover
No.TitleLength
1."Great DJ"3:23
2."That's Not My Name"5:11
3."Fruit Machine"2:54
4."Traffic Light"2:59
5."Shut Up and Let Me Go"2:52
6."Keep Your Head"3:23
7."Be the One"2:58
8."We Walk"4:04
9."Impacilla Carpisung"3:41
10."We Started Nothing"6:22
Digital edition bonus tracks [15]
No.TitleLength
11."Be the One" (acoustic version)3:16
12."Shut Up and Let Me Go" (acoustic version)2:46
13."Great DJ" (acoustic version)3:33
14."That's Not My Name" (acoustic version)4:26
Japanese edition bonus tracks [16]
No.TitleLength
11."Great DJ" (acoustic version)3:33
12."Shut Up and Let Me Go" (acoustic version)2:46
13."Great DJ" (7th Heaven Radio Remix)3:31
14."That's Not My Name" (Soul Seekerz Radio Mix)3:23
15."That's Not My Name" (Taku Takahashi Mix)5:14
Deluxe edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Great DJ" (music video)3:21
2."That's Not My Name" (music video)3:44
3."Shut Up and Let Me Go" (music video)2:55
4."Be the One" (music video)2:53
5."Making of Shut Up and Let Me Go"4:07
6."Making of Be the One"4:30
7."Salford/Berlin/London/New York Documentary"3:01
8."Be the One" (acoustic version; audio)3:14
9."Shut Up and Let Me Go" (acoustic version; audio)2:46
10."Great DJ" (acoustic version; audio)3:34
11."That's Not My Name" (acoustic version; audio)4:26

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of We Started Nothing. [17]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for We Started Nothing
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [43] Gold35,000^
France (SNEP) [44] Gold75,000*
Ireland (IRMA) [45] Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [46] 2× Platinum639,876 [13]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateEditionLabelRef.
Ireland16 May 2008Standard Columbia [47]
United Kingdom19 May 2008 [48]
Australia23 May 2008 Sony [49]
Germany30 May 2008 [50]
United States3 June 2008
[51]
France16 June 2008Sony [52]
United Kingdom24 November 2008DeluxeColumbia [53]
Japan21 January 2009
  • Standard
  • deluxe
Sony [54] [55]
France8 June 2009Deluxe [56]

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