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For What It's Worth (The Cardigans song)

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"For What It's Worth"
Single by The Cardigans
from the album Long Gone Before Daylight
B-side"The Road", "Das Model"
Released10 March 2003[1]
Length4:18
LabelStockholm Records
Songwriter(s)Peter Svensson, Nina Persson
Producer(s)Per Sunding
The Cardigans singles chronology
"Burning Down the House"
(1999)
"For What It's Worth"
(2003)
"You're the Storm"
(2003)

"For What It's Worth" is the first single from The Cardigans's fifth studio album Long Gone Before Daylight. It was released on 10 March 2003, reaching number eight in the band's native Sweden, number 31 in the United Kingdom, number 37 in Ireland, and number 98 in the Netherlands. Nicky Wire, bassist of the Manic Street Preachers, thinks this song has the best lyrics.[2]

Track listings

CD single

  1. "For What It's Worth" – 4:18
  2. "Das Model" ('00) – 2:53

Maxi-single[1]

  1. "For What It's Worth" – 4:18
  2. "The Road" – 6:52
  3. "For What It's Worth" (Polar Session '01) – 4:16
  4. "Das Model" ('00) – 2:53

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[3] 76
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 37
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 98
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[6] 67
Scotland (OCC)[7] 39
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[1] 8
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 31

Year-end charts

Chart (2003) Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 90

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Cardigans – For What It's Worth". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ My Favourite Records… mit Manic Street Preachers / Nicky Wire - http://blogs.taz.de/popblog/2009/05/19/my_favourite_records_mit_manic_street_preachers_nicky_wire/
  3. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 21, no. 14. 29 March 2003. p. 10. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Cardigans". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. ^ "The Cardigans – For What It's Worth" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 14, saptamina 7.04–13.04, 2003" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 18 February 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Årslista Singlar, 2003" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

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