Worried About Ray

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"Worried About Ray"
File:WorriedAboutRay.jpg
Single by The Hoosiers
from the album The Trick to Life
B-side "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Released June 25, 2007
Format CD, Digital download
Genre Pop rock, indie rock
Length 2:46
Label RCA
Writer(s) Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon, Alan Sharland, Martin Skarendahl, Irwin Sparkes,
The Hoosiers singles chronology
"Worried About Ray"
(2007)
"Goodbye Mr A"
(2007)

"Worried About Ray" is the debut single by Reading pop rock band The Hoosiers. The song utilises parts of The Turtles' 1967 hit "Happy Together" and its writers, Alan Gordon and Garry Bonner, are credited as co-writers.[1][2][3]

It was the first single to be released from the band's debut album The Trick to Life. It reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart on 24 June 2007 on downloads alone. The single climbed to #6 the following week with CD sales included and the song climbed one place to its peak chart position of #5 the following week. It also reached #4 on the download charts. The music video for the song is inspired by the American special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen.[citation needed]

Track listing

  1. "Worried About Ray"
  2. "We Didn't Start the Fire" (Billy Joel cover)

Chart positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart 38
German Top100 Singles 94
Swiss Singles Top 100 85
UK Singles Chart 5

Music video

In the music video, the band are with "Ray", a monster movie director and creator. When creating another monster, that monster talks with him and tries to go after the Hoosiers but The Hoosiers defeat the monster.

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