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Wetsuit / Tiger Blood

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"Wetsuit / Tiger Blood"
Single by the Vaccines
from the album What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?
Released11 December 2011
Recorded2010
GenreIndie rock
Length3:45
LabelColumbia Records
Songwriter(s)The Vaccines
Producer(s)Dan Grech-Marguerat ("Wetsuit")
Albert Hammond Jr. & Gus Oberg ("Tiger Blood")
The Vaccines singles chronology
"Nørgaard"
(2011)
"Wetsuit / Tiger Blood"
(2011)
"Why Should I Love You?"
(2012)

"Wetsuit / Tiger Blood" is a single from English indie rock band the Vaccines from their debut album, What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?. The single was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 11 December 2011. It was also released as on 7" vinyl limited to 500 copies. The single debuted at number 164 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

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A music video to accompany the release of "Wetsuit" was first released onto YouTube on 5 October 2011; at a total length of three minute and fifty-five seconds.[1] This was the world's first Instagram crowdsourced music video.[citation needed]

Track listing

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Digital download / 7" vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."Wetsuit" (Single Mix)3:45
2."Tiger Blood" (Explicit Version)2:01

Credits and personnel

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Chart performance

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Chart (2011) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 50
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 164

Certifications

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Certifications for "Wetsuit"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format
United Kingdom 11 December 2011[5] Digital Download

References

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  1. ^ The Vaccines - Wetsuit Instagram Video. YouTube
  2. ^ "The Vaccines – Wetsuit" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  3. ^ "CHART: CLUK Update 24.12.2011 (wk50). CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE. COMBINED SINGLES (200)". 2011-12-24.
  4. ^ "British single certifications – Vaccines – Wetsuit". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  5. ^ Wetsuit / Tiger Blood - Single by The Vaccines. iTunes