"Left Behind" is a single by Brazilian band
CSS
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. It was released in July, 14th as the second single and first to have a physical release from their second album, ''
Donkey
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''. It charted at #78 in the
UK and at #18 in
Finland
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.
Music video
A music video for the song was released on at CSS' official
YouTube
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channel. The clip shows Renata Abbade, who also directed and produced the video, using
mask
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s of CSS faces and dancing the song. The official video directed by Abbade was put together after the original video was cancelled following its completion due to a British girl murdered in Brasil while on vacation, her body was dumped in two suitcases and dumped in a river, the original video featured members of the band packed into a suitcase and was deemed in bad taste. Due to the hurried nature of the second video the band members were not available for filming and hence the masks were used.
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Wayback Machine
The original video leaked on a Russian video hosting site in 2017.
Track listing
UK CD
(WEA449CD; Released: 14 July 2008)
# "Left Behind" - 3:31
# "
Cannonball
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" - 3:23
UK 7" Vinyl
(WEA449; Released: July, 2008)
''Side A''
# "Left Behind"
''Side B''
# "Blackwing"
UK 7" Vinyl
(WEA449X; Released: July, 2008)
''Side A''
# "Left Behind"
''Side B''
# "I Fly" (Demo)
References
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"Left Behind" bundle box (CD+2x7"Vinyl) pre-order at the CSS store
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CSS (band) songs
2008 singles
Songs written by Adriano Cintra
2008 songs
Sub Pop singles