"Charmer" is a song by

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, and is the third single released from their 2007 album ''

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''. It is the second track on the album. The song was released on October 29, 2007 in the UK and compared to previous releases reached a lowly No. 85 on the UK Singles Chart. In October 2011, ''

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'' placed it at number 115 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". In an interview with the

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, frontman

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let slip that the video, filmed in the UK by director Robert Hales, would involve a hypnotist; he said, "There was an actual hypnotist there, he was meant to hypnotise us, but I dunno, we must have too strong a will, he couldn't do it so we faked it." He also commented: "It's one of the best looking videos we've done so far, we spent a lot of money on it."

Track listing

CD & 7" vinyl: # "Charmer" 3:00 # "My Party" (Kenna & Chad Hugo Remix) 3:41

Charts

References

External links

* 2007 singles Kings of Leon songs Music videos directed by Robert Hales Music videos shot in the United Kingdom 2006 songs Columbia Records singles {{2000s-rock-single-stub