"Iron Sky" | ||||
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Single by Paolo Nutini | ||||
from the album Caustic Love | ||||
Released | 14 August 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2014 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 6:13 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paolo Nutini, Dave Nelson | |||
Paolo Nutini singles chronology | ||||
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"Iron Sky" is a rock song by Scottish singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini from his third studio album Caustic Love, which was released in April 2014. The song was released as a single on Atlantic Records in August 2014. The song was a minor hit in the UK charts in the spring of 2014, reaching number 42 in April of that year, ahead of its official single release. [1]
The song was described as being a "slow burner." The Independent described it as being a "stirring blend of conscious-soul subject with deep-soul style" and compared the song to being, "like Percy Sledge singing Curtis Mayfield.". [2] The song features an audio excerpt of the famous speech Charlie Chaplin gave in his film The Great Dictator (1940). [3]
Initially a non-charting single in the Netherlands, the song was revived by radio station 3FM in early 2015 following the Paris shootings at the Charlie Hebdo offices on 7 January 2015. It was rush re-released as a single and only a week later reached number 15 in 3FM's Mega Top 50 chart.
The song is also sampled in Bon Iver's song "33 'GOD"" from their 2016 album 22, A Million.
The music video was filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine by Daniel Wolfe. It won the best music video award at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival. [4]
Chart (2014–15) | Peak position |
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Belgium ( Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [5] | 7 |
Ireland ( IRMA) [6] | 96 |
Italy ( FIMI) [7] | 71 |
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [8] | 24 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [9] | 42 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy ( FIMI) [10] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [11] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |