"Attracting Flies" is a song from the English

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. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 8 March 2013 as the third single from their first studio album, '' Body Music'' (2013). The song peaked at number 17 on the

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Critical reception

The track was met with universal acclaim upon its release. ''

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'' labeled it "Best New Track".

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Attracting Flies" was first released onto YouTube on 10 March 2013 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-seven seconds. The video is a play on the song's chorus' line "Little grey fairytales and little white lies". It features

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as the protagonists of various well-known fairytales, however each of them have been given a gritty, urban twist. For example,

Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th century European folk tales. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Broth ...

is being stalked late at night by a man (played by George) and his dog, and

Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess ...

passes out after overdosing on anti-depressants.

Track listing

Chart performance

For the chart week 23 March 2013, "Attracting Flies" debuted at number one-hundred-and-thirty-one on the

. The following week saw the track rise twenty-two places to number one-hundred-and-nine. On the chart week dated 6 April 2013, the track advanced thirty-fives places to number eighty-four; becoming AlunaGeorge's third top 100 hit after "Your Drums, Your Love" (number 50, 2012) and "White Noise" (number 2, 2013). On its fourth charting week, the track rose a further thirty-three places to number fifty-one, before reaching a new peak of number thirty the following week. The following week after that, it reached number 19.

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References

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