"Audience" (often titled as "Audience of One") is a song by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. It was the sole single off their seventh EP Behave Yourself (2010). The song was made available as a free download by the band in November 2009 before being officially released on December 1, 2009.
| "Audience" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Cold War Kids | ||||
| from the album Behave Yourself | ||||
| Released | December 1, 2009[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2009 at Tackyland (Long Beach) | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | Downtown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Cold War Kids | |||
| Producer(s) | Matt Wignall | |||
| Cold War Kids singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Audience" on YouTube | ||||
"Audience" had a great response from critics who saw it as a return to form for the band. The song peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, their third top 40 hit on that chart. A music video was made for the single and premiered in January 2010.
Critical reception
edit"Audience" was given a great reception from critics. Heather Phares of AllMusic praised the song, saying that it brought the band's sound and Willett's voice "closer to the Jeff Buckley-tinged side of their music than their feisty rock".[2] Dave Park of Prefix also praised the song, saying that he found "a latently bittersweet quality to it that adds an extra layer of humanity and relativity to the affair".[3]
Music video
editDirected by Vern Moen, the video takes places on a sailboat where the band members play one-half of a couple going through their morning at sea, while subtitles show what each other is saying. Intercut are scenes of the band performing in a house and when each of them are seen underwater. The video was uploaded on the band's YouTube page on January 25, 2010.
Charts
edit| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Rock (Billboard)[4] | 37 |
| US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[5] | 39 |
References
edit- ^ "Modern Rock – Airplay Archive". FMQB. Mediaspan Online Services. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Behave Yourself – Cold War Kids". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
- ^ Park, Dave (January 27, 2010). "Album Review: Cold War Kids - Behave Yourself". Prefix. Prefix Media Inc. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
- ^ "Cold War Kids Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "Cold War Kids Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
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