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Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses

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Release date: 19 January 2009

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  1. New Kind Of Thrill
  2. Anyone In Love
  3. You Never Go Out Anymore
  4. Ulysses (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-animation)
  5. Ulysses
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Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses: Wikipedia Album Entry

"Ulysses" is a single from the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand, due to appear on their forthcoming album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. The song "Ulysses" was chosen to be the first single and will be released in physical format on 19 January 2009. The song received first airplay at BBC Radio 1 on 17 November 2008, and subsequently became available to download from the Canadian and US iTunes music stores on 2 December 2008. In the United States, the song reached #36 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, the band's fifth single to appear on that chart.

The cover art for the single is part of a series of photographs the band are taking on their travels, recreating crime scenes. The "Ulysses" cover was taken in Brooklyn by Guy Eppel.

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