Apply Some Pressure

"Apply Some Pressure"
Cover art for the first release.
Single by Maxïmo Park
from the album A Certain Trigger
B-side	"Fear of Falling"
Released	21 February 2005 31 October 2005 (re-release)
Format	CD, 7" vinyl, 10" vinyl, download
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	2:45 (radio edit) 3:20 (album version)
Label	Warp Records
Writer(s)	Paul Smith, Duncan Lloyd
Producer	Paul Epworth
Maxïmo Park singles chronology
"The Coast Is Always Changing" (2004) "Apply Some Pressure" (February 2005) "Graffiti" (May 2005)
Maxïmo Park singles chronology "Going Missing" (July 2005) "Apply Some Pressure" (Re-Release) (October 2005) "I Want You to Stay" (February 2006)

"Apply Some Pressure" was the second single released by Maxïmo Park. It reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart in February 2005. The song was re-released in October 2005 and reached number 17 in the UK charts. The song has also been featured in several video games such as SSX On Tour, Burnout Revenge, SingStar Rocks!, and the PlayStation Portable version of Asphalt: Urban GT 2. The song was re-worked by Mark Ronson for his album Version. Paul Smith recorded the vocals for him after Ronson had made the instrumental, but could not find a singer on par with Smith.

The song was listed as the 352nd best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork Media.

Track listings

21 February 2005 release

• CD (WAP185CD):

1. "Apply Some Pressure" (Edit) – 2:45
2. "Fear of Falling" – 2:36

• Maxi-CD (WAP185CDX):

1. "Apply Some Pressure" – 3:20
2. "The Coast Is Always Changing" – 3:19
3. "Fear of Falling" – 2:36
4. "I Want You to Leave" – 2:18

• 7" (7WAP185):

1. "Apply Some Pressure" – 3:20
2. "I Want You to Leave" – 2:18

• 10" (10WAP185X):

1. "Apply Some Pressure" – 3:20
2. "The Coast Is Always Changing" – 3:19
3. "Fear of Falling" – 2:36
4. "I Want You to Leave" – 2:18

31 October 2005 re-release

• CD (WAP198CD):

1. "Apply Some Pressure" – 3:20
2. "My Life in Reverse" – 3:20
3. "Once, a Glimpse" (Original Demo Version) – 3:27

• 7" #1 (7WAP198, orange vinyl):

1. "Apply Some Pressure" – 3:20
2. "My Life in Reverse" – 3:20

• 7" #2 (7WAP198R, clear vinyl):

1. "Apply Some Pressure" (Live in Japan) – 3:22
2. "Isolation" (John Lennon cover) – 1:14

• 

  CD
  & 7" Orange Vinyl

• 

  7" Clear Vinyl

External links

• Apply Some Pressure lyrics
• The Coast Is Always Changing lyrics