Bang Bang You're Dead (song)

"Bang Bang You're Dead" is a song by English band Dirty Pretty Things. It was released as the first single from the band's debut album, Waterloo to Anywhere (2006), on 24 April 2006. The song charted at number five on the UK Singles Chart and topped the NME chart in 2006.^[2] The same year, it was used as the theme tune to the BBC series Sorted.^[3]

B-side

• "Gin & Milk" (acoustic)
• "If You Were Wondering"

Released24 April 2006 (2006-04-24)^[1]

Length3:35

LabelVertigo

Quick facts Single by Dirty Pretty Things, from the album Waterloo to Anywhere ...

"Bang Bang You're Dead"
Single by Dirty Pretty Things
from the album Waterloo to Anywhere
B-side	"Gin & Milk" (acoustic) "If You Were Wondering"
Released	24 April 2006 (2006-04-24)[1]
Length	3:35
Label	Vertigo
Songwriters	Carl Barât Didz Hammond Gary Powell Anthony Rossomando
Producer	Dave Sardy
Dirty Pretty Things singles chronology
"Bang Bang You're Dead" (2006) "Deadwood" (2006)

Close

Early rumours about the song claimed it was about Pete Doherty, citing the lyric "I gave you the Midas touch/You turned round and scratched out my heart". Carl Barât later affirmed this in an interview for Vulture.^[4]