"Right Action" is a song by Scottish

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band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the

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from their fourth studio album, '' Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action'', on 27 June 2013 in the United States and 18 August 2013 in the United Kingdom. It has been described as having a catchy, funk-like guitar sound. A music video of the song, directed by Jonas Odell, was released online on 7 July and features the band performing in an environment similar to their previous video "

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" (which was also directed by Odell) as the song's lyrics also appear on the screen. The song had moderate commercial success reaching number 39 on the

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, number 28 on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart in the United States and Number 22 in the Billboard Japan Hot 100 Singles Chart.

Background and release

The lyrics for "Right Action" were inspired by a postcard found by lead singer

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at a London

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that contained the words "come home, practically all is nearly forgiven". The song was first used in the album trailer for ''Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action''. On 27 June 2013, the official audio track was released on

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and made available for digital download. The official video for "Right Action" was released on 7 July on the band's

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channel. The single was also released physically as a translucent neon pink 7"

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, with " Love Illumination" being the other single.

In popular culture

The song was featured on the soundtrack album for the 2014 romantic drama film '' Endless Love'', starring

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and

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. It was also used in trailers for the second season of

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's '' Some Girls'', and the first season of '' Drifters'', broadcast by E4. It was also used in the first trailer and is part of the soundtrack for ''

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''.

Track listing

Live versions taken from ''Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action''

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bonus disc, recorded at Konk Studios in London.

Personnel

Personnel adapted from the album's liner notes ;Franz Ferdinand *

– lead vocals, guitar, composing, mixing, and pre-production *

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– backing vocals, rhythm guitar, and keyboards * Bob Hardy – bass guitar * Paul Thomson – drums ;Production personnel *Ch4in$ – pre-production *Dave Fridmann – mixing *Joe Goddard – production *Mark Ralph – engineering *Alexis Taylor – production

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2013 singles Franz Ferdinand (band) songs Songs written by Alex Kapranos Songs written by Nick McCarthy Songs written by Bob Hardy (bassist) 2013 songs Domino Recording Company singles