| "Panic Switch" | ||||
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| Single by Silversun Pickups | ||||
| from the album Swoon | ||||
| Released | March 17, 2009 | |||
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| Length | 5:44 (album version) 4:14 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | Dangerbird | |||
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| Producer(s) | Dave Cooley | |||
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| "Panic Switch" on YouTube | ||||
"Panic Switch" is a song by the American alternative rock band Silversun Pickups. It was the first single released from the group's second album, Swoon (2009), on March 17, 2009. The song reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, becoming their first number-one single on any Billboard chart.[2] "Panic Switch" was the first song by an independent artist to reach number one on the chart in 11 years.[3] After a one-week stay at number one, it spent 11 weeks at number two behind Linkin Park's "New Divide". It is also their first Hot 100 entry, peaking at number 92.
- ^ Matera, Joe (July 21, 2009). "Silversun Pickups: 'We Like When The Guitar Is Used As A Texture'". Ultimate-Guitar.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Artist Chart History - Silversun Pickups - Singles". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ^ "Silversun Pickups Hit #1 With Lead Single "Panic Switch"". Dangerbird Records. Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2009.