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Four to the Floor
2004 single by Starsailor
2004 single by Starsailor
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Four to the Floor | |
| cover | Fourtothefloor.jpg | |
| type | single | |
| artist | Starsailor | |
| album | Silence Is Easy | |
| B-side | "Four to the Floor" (Thin White Duke mix) | |
| released | ||
| genre | ||
| label | EMI | |
| producer | ||
| prev_title | Born Again | |
| prev_year | 2003 | |
| next_title | In the Crossfire | |
| next_year | 2005 | |
| misc | {{External music video |
| B-side = "Four to the Floor" (Thin White Duke mix)
- 3:54 (radio edit)
- 4:13 (album version)
- James Walsh
- James Stelfox
- Ben Byrne
- Barry Westhead "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.
Music videos

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 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
UK CD single
- "Four to the Floor" (radio edit)
- "A Message"
UK 10-inch single :A1. "Four to the Floor" (radio edit) :A2. "A Message" :B1. "Four to the Floor" (Thin White Duke mix)
German mini-CD single
- "Four to the Floor" – 4:11
- "At the End of a Show" – 4:12 European maxi-CD single
- "Four to the Floor"
- "At the End of a Show"
- "White Dove" (original demo)
Australian maxi-CD single
- "Four to the Floor"
- "Four to the Floor" (Soulsavers mix)
- "Four to the Floor" (Thin White Duke mix)
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (2003–2005) | Peak | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| position | Australian Club Chart (ARIA) | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | Romania (Romanian Top 100) | Russia Airplay (TopHit) | |
| 6 | |||||
| 8 | |||||
| 88 | |||||
| 24 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2003) | Position | CIS (TopHit) | Russia Airplay (TopHit) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | |||
| 77 |
| Chart (2004) | Position | Australia (ARIA) | Australian Club Chart (ARIA) | France (SNEP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | ||||
| 14 | ||||
| 16 |
| Chart (2005) | Position | Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | France (SNEP) | Russia Airplay (TopHit) | Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | |||||||
| 21 | |||||||
| 71 | |||||||
| 78 | |||||||
| 200 | |||||||
| 95 |
Certifications
Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. | United Kingdom | Australia | France |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 March 2004 | EMI | ||||||
| 22 March 2004 | CD | ||||||
| 28 October 2004 |
References
References
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- (11 December 2004). "Hits of the World – Eurocharts".
- "Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 7, saptamina 21.02 – 27.02, 2005". [[Romanian Top 100]].
- "Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Apr 7, 2005". [[TopHit]].
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- "ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Club Chart 2004". ARIA.
- "Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2004". [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
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- "Rapports annuels 2005". Ultratop.
- "Year End European Hot 100 Singles Chart 2005 01 – 2005 52". [[VNU Media]].
- "Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2005". SNEP.
- "Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2005". TopHit.
- "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2005".
- (28 February 2004). "New Releases: Singles".
- (22 March 2004). "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 22nd March 2004". [[Australian Recording Industry Association.
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