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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Ruby

| cover = Ruby single.jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Kaiser Chiefs

| album = Yours Truly, Angry Mob

| B-side =

* "Admire You"

* "From the Neck Down"

| released = 5 February 2007

| recorded = September 2006

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = *Power pop

| length = 3:23

| label =

* B-Unique

* Polydor

* Universal Motown (US)

| writer =

* Ricky Wilson

* Andrew White

* Simon Rix

* Nick Baines

* Nick Hodgson

| producer = Stephen Street

| prev_title = Modern Way

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Everything Is Average Nowadays

| next_year = 2007

| misc =

}}

"'Ruby'" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released in the United Kingdom on 5 February 2007 as the lead single from their second studio album, 'Yours Truly, Angry Mob' (2007). It became the band's first British number-one single on 25 February 2007 and ended 2007 as the year's 10th-biggest-selling single in the UK, with total sales of 313,765.BBC Music. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles2007.shtml "Top 40 Singles of the Year 2007 "]. Retrieved 27 December 20097 As of September 2016, it has sold over 600,000 copies in the UK as stated by the British Phonographic Industry. "Ruby" was voted number 13 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007, Australia's largest annual music poll.

A video single of the song was released in the United States at Best Buy stores on 13 March 2007, two weeks before the album was released there, and featured a live version of "Everything Is Average Nowadays" and the B-side "Admire You" (released on the UK 7-inch version).

Speaking about the song lead singer Ricky Wilson said about Ruby "she is super cool, totally unapproachable and that there was a girl like that at school. In an interview with contactmusic.com guitarist Andrew White said its not really about anyone and if you know someone called Ruby, its about them.

Music video



The promo for "Ruby" was directed by Swedish production company Stylewar, who also produced the 2005 video for "I Predict a Riot", and features the band performing in a desert landscape whilst a CGI metropolis-like miniature city builds around them. The video was scheduled to be shown on Channel 4 at 11:35 p.m. on 15 January 2007 but was pulled from the schedules for unknown reasons. The video finally premiered on the official Kaiser Chiefs website four days later.

Track listings



* 'UK 7-inch ruby-red vinyl single'

:A. "Ruby"

:B. "Admire You"

* 'UK and Irish CD single, digital download'

# "Ruby" 3:24

# "From the Neck Down" 2:29

* 'European enhanced CD single'

# "Ruby"

# "From the Neck Down"

# "Admire You"

# "Ruby" (video)

* 'US promo CD'

# "Ruby" 3:23

* 'Best Buy video single'

# "Everything Is Average Nowadays" (live)

# "Admire You"

# "Ruby" (video)

Charts and certifications



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



Certifications



Notable cover versions



On 19 January 2011, Italian band Elio e le Storie Tese played a cover version of the song at the nationwide TV-show 'Parla con Me', with lyrics changed into a satiric reference to the Rubygate sex scandal, which then Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had just been involved with.

References



Category:Kaiser Chiefs songs

Category:2006 songs

Category:2007 singles

Category:B-Unique Records singles

Category:British power pop songs

Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles

Category:Number-one singles in the Czech Republic

Category:Number-one singles in Scotland

Category:Polydor Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Stephen Street

Category:Songs written by Andrew White (musician)

Category:Songs written by Nick "Peanut" Baines

Category:Songs written by Nick Hodgson

Category:Songs written by Ricky Wilson (British musician)

Category:Songs written by Simon Rix

Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles

Category:Universal Motown Records singles

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