Our Velocity

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"Our Velocity"
Single by Maxïmo Park
from the album Our Earthly Pleasures
A-side	"Our Velocity"
B-side	"Distance Makes" "Mary O'Brien"
Released	19 March 2007
Recorded	2006
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	3:26
Label	Warp Records
Songwriter(s)	Duncan Lloyd, Paul Smith
Producer(s)	Gil Norton
Maxïmo Park singles chronology
"I Want You To Stay" (2006) "Our Velocity" (2007) "Books From Boxes" (2007)
Alternative cover
7" red vinyl single

"Our Velocity" is the first single from Our Earthly Pleasures, the second album from the band, Maxïmo Park. The single was released two weeks prior to the release of the album, on 19 March 2007.

The music was written by Duncan Lloyd and the lyrics by Paul Smith of the band.

The video of the song features the band being multiplied in a white room while playing the song. It was directed by Nima Nourizadeh.

The song has been highly regarded and in VH1's "50 Greatest Songs of 2007 So Far" it placed at number 1.

The song became the band's first UK Top 10 single, reaching No. 9 on 25 March 2007 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 on the UK indie chart^[1] within a week of its physical release.

In August 2007, a segment of the song was used as the title music for the BBC coverage of the Reading and Leeds Festival.

Teletext's music page Planet Sound named "Our Velocity" as the best single of 2007.

The song features in the 2007 video game Project Gotham Racing 4. The song was featured on Hollyoaks in 2007. It is also featured in the 2009 music video game Guitar Hero: On Tour Modern Hits

Track listings[]

• CD:

1. "Our Velocity"
2. "Distance Makes"
3. "Mary O'Brien"

• 7-inch white vinyl:

1. "Our Velocity"
2. "Pride Before a Fall"

• 7-inch red vinyl:

1. "Our Velocity"
2. "Robert Altman"

• 1st-week-only download:

1. "Our Velocity" (home demo version)
2. "Our Velocity" (first live performance)

Certifications[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• "Our Velocity" music video at YouTube
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics