The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings are a British musical duo from Salford, England, consisting of Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drums, bass guitar, cowbells) and Jules De Martino (drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, vocals, piano). They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Studios in Salford, Greater Manchester.

White and De Martino have released four singles on their current label, Columbia Records UK, including the single "That's Not My Name", which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in May 2008. The album We Started Nothing was released on 19 May 2008 and hit number one on the UK Albums Chart. A single, "Hands", was released on 11 October 2010 and was also featured in the video game FIFA 12. Their second studio album, Sounds from Nowheresville, was released in February 2012, with the lead single "Hang It Up" released on 16 January 2012. Their third studio album, Super Critical, was released in October 2014.

Career

Background and formation

Katie White started her music career as a school-time hobby in a girl group punk trio TKO – short for Technical Knock Out – with two friends from Lowton School, Marion Grethe Seaman and Emma Lally. The band had minimal success, once sharing the same stage as the bands Steps and Atomic Kitten. While De Martino was in Manchester, the pair bumped into each other and discovered they had a mutual love of Portishead. De Martino relocated to Islington Mill Studios (the Mill) in the Salford, Greater Manchester area. The pair, along with friend Simon Templeman, went on to form the Portishead-influenced trio Dear Eskiimo, who signed to Mercury Records. However, due to a change of directors and managers, the management style of the record label caused them to split. The experience left White and De Martino with a distrust of the music industry.

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Hang It Up

by: Ting Tings

My friends they get me higher and higer
They're killing me with friendly fire
We meet beneath the ...
They're walking us by, just stay for me
My friends they got a worry mort
They meet outside the corner store
And walk the pavement, miss the cracks
I join them mid but can't relax
Live up tricks when you don't have a thing
Live like a hippy if you wanna be king
People say is not worth the wait
Everybody loves somebody to hate
I'm not gonna go and mosh this room of vein
While looking at this again
Hard working in division
Send all the weak, can't get to prison
I wanna write about setting something free
All the changes drives us back to see
And this is all about starting out again
Same, or same, or never same
So friends won't buy, won't get a job
Me boys and girls ...
Slow parties, we sit on the ground
I rather be, just let me down
People say is not worth the wait
Everybody loves somebody to hate
And you can hang it up, And you can hang it up
This time baby you can hang it up
You can hang it up, And you can hang it up
This time baby you can hang it up
You can hang it up, And you can hang it up
This time baby you can hang it up
You can hang it up, And you can hang it up
This time baby you can hang it up
Could've been a lawyer, take while you can
Never been happy since time began
It's getting kinda heavy, I'm a body full of bagbones
Spread it in the fire, driven me in brackstones
You got the time, they all can wait
You wanna start talking, cuz it's not too late
Aquarium, staring em
Everybody loves somebody to hate
Break it, make it, you can make the break
....
And you can hang it up, And you can hang it up
This time baby you can hang it up
You can hang it up, And you can hang it up
This time baby you can hang it up
You can hang it up, And you can hang it up
This time baby you can hang it up
You can hang it up, And you can hang it up




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