Four to the Floor

2004 single by Starsailor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Four to the Floor" is a song by British band Starsailor. The song was released as the third and final single from the band's second album, Silence Is Easy (2003), and became a hit, peaking at number one in France and Wallonia, number five in Australia, and number 24 in the United Kingdom. The Thin White Duke remix of the song was ranked number 70 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004 in Australia. As of July 2014, it was the 84th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 333,000 units sold.[1]

B-side"Four to the Floor" (Thin White Duke mix)
Released1 March 2004 (2004-03-01)
Length
  • 3:54 (radio edit)
  • 4:13 (album version)
Quick facts Single by Starsailor, from the album Silence Is Easy ...
"Four to the Floor"
Single by Starsailor
from the album Silence Is Easy
B-side"Four to the Floor" (Thin White Duke mix)
Released1 March 2004 (2004-03-01)
Length
  • 3:54 (radio edit)
  • 4:13 (album version)
LabelEMI
Songwriters
Producers
  • Danton Supple
  • Starsailor
Starsailor singles chronology
"Born Again"
(2003)
"Four to the Floor"
(2004)
"In the Crossfire"
(2005)
Music video
"Four to the Floor" on YouTube
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Music videos

Left to right: James Stelfox, James Walsh and Ben Byrne in the orchestra version of "Four to the Floor" music video.

There are two different videos for "Four to the Floor." In the first one, filmed for the album version of the song, the band played in a scenario accompanied by the members of a symphonic orchestra appearing and disappearing according to the development of the song and the instruments.

The band seen as a graffito.

The second video, filmed for the Thin White Duke remix, features a genderless little person of unknown age in a hooded winter jacket spray-painting graffiti on public walls in or near the city of London. The band members of Starsailor are depicted as animated graffiti whilst playing the title song throughout. At the end of the video the faceless, anonymous elfin creature is caught while standing on a bridge and shaken down by the police. One of the scenes in the video can be seen as the art cover for the Hard-Fi single "Hard to Beat".

The video also shows the images of famous Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, and Ben Byrne wears a T-shirt with the word "socialism", though there is not a clear connection between those images and the concept of the video.

Track listings

Charts

More information Chart (2003–2005), Peak position ...
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Certifications

More information Region, Certification ...
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[34] Platinum 70,000^
France (SNEP)[35] Gold 333,000[1]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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Release history

More information Region, Date ...
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 1 March 2004
  • 10-inch vinyl
  • CD
EMI [36]
Australia 22 March 2004 CD [37]
France 28 October 2004 [35]
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