Stand on the Horizon

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"Stand on the Horizon"
Franz Ferdinand - Stand on the Horizon cover art.jpg
Single by Franz Ferdinand
from the album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Released28 July 2014 (2014-07-28)
Recorded2013
Genre
Length4:23
Label Domino
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Franz Ferdinand singles chronology
"Fresh Strawberries"
(2014)
"Stand on the Horizon"
(2014)
"Johnny Delusional"
(2015)
Music video
"Stand on the Horizon" on YouTube

"Stand on the Horizon" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the sixth single from the band's fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action , on 28 July 2014. The song was written by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, recorded during 2013, and produced by Kapranos and Norwegian DJ Todd Terje. The music video for the song was released on 3 August 2014, was directed by Karan Kandhari, and was posted on the band's Vevo channel on YouTube. [1]

Contents

Composition

"Stand on the Horizon" features indie rock and disco-punk. [2] The song was written by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy and produced by Kapranos and Norwegian DJ Todd Terje. [3] The song was labeled by Kapranos as something neither Franz Ferdinand or Terje have done before. He also called the ending of the song "a beautiful, uplifting piece of music". [4] The song is sampled over the opening credits to the U.S./Canadian situation comedy Loudermilk .

Track listing

Digital download [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Stand on the Horizon"4:23
2."Stand on the Horizon" (Tom Furse Extrapolation)9:04
3."Stand on the Horizon" (Frankie & The Heartstrings Cover)4:32
4."Stand on the Horizon" (Todd Terje Extended Mix)8:07

Personnel

Personnel adapted from the album's liner notes

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [6] 72

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
United Kingdom28 July 2014 Domino Digital download
CD-R

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