Wetsuit / Tiger Blood

"Wetsuit / Tiger Blood"
Single by the Vaccines
from the album What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?
Released	11 December 2011
Recorded	2010
Genre	Indie rock
Length	3:45
Label	Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)	The Vaccines
Producer(s)	Dan Grech-Marguerat ("Wetsuit") Albert Hammond Jr. & Gus Oberg ("Tiger Blood")
The Vaccines singles chronology
"Nørgaard" (2011) "Wetsuit / Tiger Blood" (2011) "Why Should I Love You?" (2012)

"Wetsuit / Tiger Blood" is a single from English indie rock band the Vaccines from their debut album, What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? . The single was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 11 December 2011. It was also released as on 7" vinyl limited to 500 copies. The single debuted at number 164 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Wetsuit" was first released onto YouTube on 5 October 2011; at a total length of three minute and fifty-five seconds. ^[1] This was the world's first Instagram crowdsourced music video.^{[ citation needed ]}

Track listing

Digital download / 7" vinyl

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wetsuit" (Single Mix)	3:45
2.	"Tiger Blood" (Explicit Version)	2:01

Credits and personnel

• Performed by – The Vaccines
• Produced by – Dan Grech-Marguerat ("Wetsuit"), Albert Hammond Jr. & Gus Oberg ("Tiger Blood")
• Engineered by – Gus Oberg ("Tiger Blood")
• Lyrics – Justin Hayward-Young
• Music – The Vaccines
• Label  – Columbia Records

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [2]	50
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [3]	164

Certifications

Certifications for "Wetsuit"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [4]	Silver	200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United Kingdom	11 December 2011 [5]	Digital Download

References

1. The Vaccines - Wetsuit Instagram Video. YouTube
2. "The Vaccines – Wetsuit" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
3. "CHART: CLUK Update 24.12.2011 (wk50). CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE. COMBINED SINGLES (200)". 2011-12-24.
4. "British single certifications – Vaccines – Wetsuit". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 24 August 2024.
5. Wetsuit / Tiger Blood - Single by The Vaccines. iTunes