Ransom (song)

"Ransom"

Single by Pendulum

Released

6 April 2011

Format

Digital Download

Recorded

2009-2011

Genre

Drum and bass

Length

5:54

Label

Warner Music UK, Earstorm

Pendulum singles chronology

"Crush"
(2011)

"Ransom"
(2011)

"Ransom" is a single from Australian drum and bass band Pendulum. It was released as a charity single as a digital download from the official Pendulum website with 100% of proceeds from the sale going to 2 charities, The Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) who did work in Japan following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami there. It peaked at number 193 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

"Ransom" was released as a charity single with all the proceeds from the single going to The Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Rob Swire talked about the song by saying, "As you may or may not know, we excluded a number of tracks from the final version of ‘Immersion’. One in particular caused considerable outcry amongst fans, a little track called ‘Ransom’ that we made for Miami WMC 2009. It was omitted from the album because we didn't think it fit, and we were waiting for a good enough reason to let people have it. Given the recent tragic events in Japan, we thought it would be a good idea to finally make it available on our website and donate the proceeds to charities which we feel have the best chance of helping out. We don't make anything, the label doesn’t make anything - 100% of the proceeds will be divided equally between the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (MSF)".^[1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ransom"	5:54

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)^[2]	193

References

↑ Pendulum - News - DOWNLOAD 'RANSOM' NOW http://www.pendulum.com/
↑ Chart log UK: new entries update. zobbel.de (16 April 2011). Retrieved on 16 April 2011.

Pendulum

Rob Swire Gareth McGrillen Paul Harding Ben Mount Peredur ap Gwynedd Kevin Sawka Paul Kodish

Studio albums	Hold Your Colour (2005) In Silico (2008) Immersion (2010)

Live albums	Live at Brixton Academy (2009)

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Pendulum singles

Discography

Hold Your Colour	"Spiral" / "Ulterior Motive" (2003) "Another Planet" / "Voyager" (2004) "Back 2 You" / "Still Grey" (2004) "Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt" (2005) "Slam" / "Out Here" (2005) "Hold Your Colour" (2006) "Blood Sugar" / "Axle Grinder" (2007)

In Silico	"Granite" (2007) "Propane Nightmares" (2008) "The Other Side" (2008) "Showdown" (2009)

Immersion	"Watercolour (2010) "Witchcraft" (2010) "The Island" (2010) "Crush" (2011)

Non-album singles	"Spiral" (2003) "Ransom" (2011)

Promotional singles	Hardware Limited 03 (2006) "The Tempest" (2008) "Immunize" (2010)

Singles as featured artist	"Guns at Dawn" (with Baron) (2005) "Painkiller" (with Freestylers & SirReal) (2006) "Security" (with Freestylers & Ragman) (2007)

Singles as remixer	"Voodoo People" (Pendulum remix) (2005) "ABC News Theme" (Pendulum remix) (2010)

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