"Dominos" is the first single from

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's debut album '' A Brief History of Love''. "Dominos" was released as a digital download and on 7" vinyl on September 7, 2009, a week before the release of the album. The song was co-produced by the band and record producer

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, and mixed by

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(who also produced the album). In their native United Kingdom, the song peaked on the

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at #27 and #10 on the Irish Singles Chart in the Republic of Ireland. The single's B-side, "She's No Sense", features vocals from Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine. "Dominos" is The Big Pink's fourth single, three having been released before their debut album throughout 2008 and 2009. The song was remixed by

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and made available as a free digital download track on the band's website on October 23, 2009. "Dominos" has also been featured in

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television advertisements in the United Kingdom. In the

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, the song was used in a promo spot for '' Skins'' series 3 premiere on

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. The song was featured in the episode "Let The Games Begin" of ''90210''. On

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's end-of-the-year ''Top 100 Tracks of 2009'' list, "Dominos" was voted in at #18. On February 24, 2010, "Dominos" won ''Best Track of the Year'' at the

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. In October 2011, ''

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'' placed it at number 72 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". The song is heavily sampled on

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's track "

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" on her debut album ''

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Track listing

;7" vinyl (AD 2931) and download # "Dominos" – 3:48 # "She's No Sense" – 3:15 ;Remixes * "Dominos" (Rustie Remix), 3:22 – available as a bonus track exclusively with the UK iTunes version of ''A Brief History of Love'' * "Dominos" (

Remix), 5:32 – available as a free download on the band's website in October 2009 * "Dominos" (Switch Remix Instrumental), 5:18 – also available from the band's website in October 2009

Charts

Credits

* All music and vocals by Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell #"Dominos" #* Produced by The Big Pink and

#* Valentine Fillol-Cordier – backing vocals #* Akiko Matsuura – drums #* Engineered by Mark Rankin #* Mixed by

#"She's No Sense" #* Produced and mixed by The Big Pink #*

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– vocals * Art direction by The Big Pink * Design by Chris Bigg * Photography by Marc Atkins at panoptika.netpanoptika.net - The Big Pink - Dominos

References

{{authority control The Big Pink songs 2009 singles 4AD singles 2009 songs Song recordings produced by Paul Epworth