Franz Ferdinand

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Franz Ferdinand is an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2002. The band’s eponymous debut album released in 2004 debuted on the UK album charts at number three, and won the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. So far, the band has released nine singles of which Take Me Out, Matinée, and Do You Want To were top 10 hits in the UK.

The band followed the album up in 2005 with their album You Could Have It So Much Better, from which Do You Want To, Walk Away, the double A-side EP The Fallen / L. Wells, as well as Eleanor, Put Your Boots back on, have all been lifted as singles (although L. Wells was not included on the album).

The band consists of Alex Kapranos (guitar/vocals), Nicholas McCarthy (guitar/backing vocals/keyboard), Paul Thomson (drums/backing vocals), and Robert Hardy (bass). The band has also adopted a new member, Andy Knowles, ex-drummer of The Fiery Furnaces. Andy plays guitar, drums, and keyboard.

Check out earlier incarnations, when some of them had their own bands: The Yummy Fur, The Amphetameanies and The Karelia.

The band released their fourth and final single from You Could Have It So Much Better, a re-recorded, more ‘poppish’ version of Eleanor Put Your Boots On, on July 17. They also are participating in the Save the Children charity album “Colours are Brighter” with the song ‘Jackie Jackson’.

They are planning to start working with their third album in January 2008. On this album, they will focus more on the bass and the drums.

Their song Do You Want To was used as ending in the Japanese Anime “Paradise Kiss”, inspired by the Ai Yazawa’s very famous Manga

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Track	Time	Listeners	Download
Add this track to your playlist Take Me Out full track	3:57	434,535	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Do You Want To full track	3:33	267,928	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist This Fire full track	4:13	230,902	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Jacqueline full track	3:48	222,842	Buy mp3

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Take Me Out full track	13,011
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Do You Want To full track	7,096
–	3	Add this track to your playlist The Fallen	5,625
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Walk Away	5,389
3	5	Add this track to your playlist This Fire full track	5,188
1	6	Add this track to your playlist Jacqueline full track	5,066
1	7	Add this track to your playlist Darts of Pleasure full track	4,551
4	8	Add this track to your playlist Tell Her Tonight full track	4,432
2	9	Add this track to your playlist Eleanor Put Your Boots On full track	4,255
1	10	Add this track to your playlist This Boy	4,066
1	11	Add this track to your playlist You're the Reason I'm Leaving	3,958
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Evil and a Heathen	3,655
2	13	Add this track to your playlist Outsiders	3,649
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Michael	3,528
–	15	Add this track to your playlist You Could Have It So Much Better full track	3,294
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Well That Was Easy	3,288
–	17	Add this track to your playlist What You Meant	3,205
1	18	Add this track to your playlist Come On Home	3,147
1	19	Add this track to your playlist Cheating on You	3,145
2	20	Add this track to your playlist Fade Together full track	3,082

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Take Me Out full track	141,543
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Do You Want To full track	83,855
–	3	Add this track to your playlist The Fallen	71,428
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Walk Away	66,524
1	5	Add this track to your playlist Jacqueline full track	64,566
1	6	Add this track to your playlist This Fire full track	61,180
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Darts of Pleasure full track	60,064
1	8	Add this track to your playlist This Boy	55,423
1	9	Add this track to your playlist Eleanor Put Your Boots On full track	54,721
2	10	Add this track to your playlist Tell Her Tonight full track	53,429
1	11	Add this track to your playlist You're the Reason I'm Leaving	52,145
1	12	Add this track to your playlist Michael	50,955
2	13	Add this track to your playlist Evil and a Heathen	49,080
2	14	Add this track to your playlist Outsiders	48,264
2	15	Add this track to your playlist Cheating on You	46,761
1	16	Add this track to your playlist Well That Was Easy	46,691
3	17	Add this track to your playlist Come On Home	46,463
1	18	Add this track to your playlist You Could Have It So Much Better full track	45,261
1	19	Add this track to your playlist Auf Achse	44,279
–	20	Add this track to your playlist What You Meant	44,171
–	21	Add this track to your playlist Fade Together full track	43,267
1	22	Add this track to your playlist The Dark of the Matinée full track	38,507
1	23	Add this track to your playlist 40' full track	36,522
2	24	Add this track to your playlist I'm Your Villain	36,305
–	25	Add this track to your playlist The Dark of the Matinee	25,879
–	26	Add this track to your playlist 40 ft	17,685
–	27	Add this track to your playlist Matinee	13,727
–	28	Add this track to your playlist Van Tango full track	12,999
–	29	Add this track to your playlist Shopping for Blood	10,803
–	30	Add this track to your playlist All For You, Sophia full track	9,841
–	31	Add this track to your playlist Words So Leisured full track	8,856
–	32	Add this track to your playlist Better on Holiday	7,115
–	33	Add this track to your playlist Take Me Out Uk-Cds	6,656
–	34	Add this track to your playlist Words So Leisured Uk-Cds	6,430
–	35	Add this track to your playlist Walk Away [acoustic]	6,354
3	36	Add this track to your playlist I'm Your Villian	6,283
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