Kill the Director

"Kill The Director"
2007 Release
Single by the Wombats
from the album The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
B-side	"Metro Song", "Sunday TV", "Bleeding Love"
Released	25 June 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Indie rock
Length	2:50
Label	14th Floor Records
Songwriter(s)	Dan Haggis, Tord Øverland Knudsen, Matthew Murphy
The Wombats singles chronology
"Backfire at the Disco" (2007) "Kill The Director" (2007) "Let's Dance to Joy Division" (2007)

"Kill The Director" is a song by English indie rock band the Wombats. It is written in the key of B major.

According to a radio interview on BBC Radio 1, the song was written about the film The Holiday with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet. From the lyrics "this is no Bridget Jones" and according to the radio interview, they hated the film, and hence decided to write a song about it.^{[citation needed]}

Brazilian 'New Rave' band Cansei de Ser Sexy, among others, have remixed this song.

The song was used in the popular UK television show The Inbetweeners. The song was also used as the title music to football show Football Focus in the 07/08 English football season.

The song was re-released as a download and 7-inch inch single on 7 July 2008 with the seven inch only being available from the band's website.

Formats and track listings[]

Track listings of major single releases of "Kill the Director".

First release[]

UK CD single
(Released June 25, 2007)

1. "Kill the Director"
2. "Kill the Director" (KUT FM live acoustic session)

UK 7-inch single
(Released June 25, 2007)

1. "Kill the Director"
2. "Metro Song"

UK 7-inch single
(Released June 25, 2007)

1. "Kill the Director"
2. "Kill the Director" (CSS Remix)

Second release[]

UK CD single
(Released July 7, 2008)

1. "Kill The Director"
2. "There She Goes" (Live from Triple J)

UK 7-inch single
(Released July 7, 2008)

1. "Kill the Director"
2. "Sunday TV"

UK 7-inch single
(Released July 7, 2008)

1. "Kill the Director"
2. "Bleeding Love"

Charts[]

On July 6, 2008, Kill the Director entered the UK Singles Chart at number 93 on downloads alone. The following week, the song moved up to number 48 following the physical release.

Certifications[]

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[2]	Silver	200,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[]

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