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"Ashes"
SinglebyEmbrace
from the album Out of Nothing
B-side
  • "Enough"
  • "Maybe I Wish"
  • "Flaming Red Hair"
  • "How Come" (live)
Released15 November 2004 (2004-11-15)[1]
RecordedOlympic (London, England)
Length4:22
LabelIndependiente
Songwriter(s)Danny McNamara, Richard McNamara
Producer(s)Youth, Embrace
Embrace singles chronology
"Gravity"
(2004)
"Ashes"
(2004)
"Looking As You Are"
(2005)

"Ashes" is the second single from English rock band Embrace's fourth studio album, Out of Nothing. This release was publicised by a fan campaign called G.A.T.N.O (Get Ashes to Number One). The song reached number 11. "Ashes" was released to American radio on 1 March 2005.[2] The B-side, "Flaming Red Hair", started life as a cover versionofMichael Jackson's "Thriller". Another B-side, "How Come", is a cover of the D12 song of the same name and was originally performed on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 1 show.

Track listings[edit]

7-inch

  1. "Ashes"
  2. "Enough"

CD1

  1. "Ashes" – 4:23
  2. "Maybe I Wish" – 5:25

CD2

  1. "Ashes"
  2. "Flaming Red Hair"
  3. "How Come" (live)
  4. "Ashes" (video)

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

In popular culture[edit]

On 14 August 2014, Reading F.C. fans chose "Ashes" as their official club anthem.[4]

"Ashes" can be heard in the film Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), where it is implied that Embrace are headlining the Pyramid stageatGlastonbury Festival.[5]

The song was included on the soundtrack of the 2005 video game FIFA 06.

The instrumental version of the song was used in BBC's Match of the Day Goal of the Month segment for the 2004-05 season.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 13 November 2004. p. 25. Misprinted as 13 November on source.
  • ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  • ^ "British single certifications – Embrace – Ashes". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  • ^ "Reading FC Your anthem....revealed!". Reading F.C. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  • ^ Trim, Liam (26 September 2017). "Kingsman: The Golden Circle's choice of music at Glastonbury Festival doesn't truly reflect the Somerset event". Somerset Live. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  • ^ "Ask us about: Music details". BBC Sport. 3 June 2005. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

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