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About This Track
“Grounds for Divorce” is the first single from Elbow’s fourth studio album The Seldom Seen Kid. The single was released on 10 March 2008 as the band’s first release on Fiction Records across two 7” vinyl records and one CD single. On 21 May 2009, “Grounds for Divorce” won the Ivor Novello award for Best Contemporary Song.
“Grounds for Divorce” was featured in the promotional trailer for Valve Software’s 2008 game Left 4 Dead, and in the trailer for the 2008 film Burn After Reading. It was also featured in an April 2010 promo for the CW’s “One Tree Hill”. An instrumental version was also featured on Series 12, Episode 1 of the British motoring show Top Gear and was played at the opening montage which contained clips from the upcoming episodes. “Grounds for Divorce” was also featured in the 8th episode for the 5th season, and promos for the 6th season of the TV-show House MD. Also appeared in episode 521 of Rescue Me. It appears in the soundtrack of the demo for DiRT 2, a rallying video game, and also appears in the full game itself. In October 2009, lead single Grounds for Divorce was named as the 84th best song of the 2000s by music blog The Decade.thanks for reading
“Grounds for Divorce” was featured in the promotional trailer for Valve Software’s 2008 game Left 4 Dead, and in the trailer for the 2008 film Burn After Reading. It was also featured in an April 2010 promo for the CW’s “One Tree Hill”. An instrumental version was also featured on Series 12, Episode 1 of the British motoring show Top Gear and was played at the opening montage which contained clips from the upcoming episodes. “Grounds for Divorce” was also featured in the 8th episode for the 5th season, and promos for the 6th season of the TV-show House MD. Also appeared in episode 521 of Rescue Me. It appears in the soundtrack of the demo for DiRT 2, a rallying video game, and also appears in the full game itself. In October 2009, lead single Grounds for Divorce was named as the 84th best song of the 2000s by music blog The Decade.thanks for reading
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Heph0815 wrote:
What a riff! [3]
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okokoo wrote:
this site never plays anything that i hate! (+)_(o)
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kikikirsche wrote:
♥
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annagreta wrote:
Amazing.
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crawlpalmetto wrote:
What a riff! [2]
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valplayer wrote:
tres bien
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goro-o_ wrote:
Elbow Elbow Elbow Elbow Elbow Elbow Elbow Elbow Elbow
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inhmn wrote:
the uploaded live video is shit. there are way better choices on youtube, for Christ sake.
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johannez1 wrote:
There's basically just one word that can describe this song. Epic. In the real sense of the word, people throw such words around too much.
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EdibleZebra wrote:
My hands fly off of my arms and fly about the room every time I hear this song.
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ariemendenkz wrote:
Briliantt
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AlanaKatana wrote:
I learned this from the left 4 dead soundtrack..yay for me!
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dooomisz wrote:
live at lowlands, AMAZING!!!!
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agorfinkel wrote:
http://www.last.fm/user/Sevan_AMD
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Mirthe87 wrote:
Wanna test your musical knowledge? Then take this silly band quiz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LitY5IDtrrQ
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D-blabla wrote:
I wanted to post ''massive track'' but then I saw I already did that last month lol. Anyway: I love this song!
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tob34all wrote:
I found about about this song watching Rescue Me. Cool song on a great show.
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jordey24 wrote:
If i could love this twice, i would.
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kirstylaaa wrote:
This is big live, can't wait to see them at Reading.
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Sevan_AMD wrote:
Thank you Top Gear for introducing me to this !
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