Dead End Countdown

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| name = Dead End Countdown

| cover = DEC_OfficialSinglePicture.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = The New Cities

| album = Lost in City Lights

| released = 2009

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| length = 3:17

| label = Sony Music Canada

| writer = Christian Bergeron, Matthew Brann, David Brown, Nicolas Denis, Francis Fugere, Philippe Lachance, Julien Martre, Greig Nori

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| next_title = Leaders Of The Misled

| next_year = 2009

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"Dead End Countdown" is the debut single by Canadian band The New Cities from their debut album, Lost in City Lights. It peaked at #16{{cite web| title = Canadian Hot 100 Billboard| url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the new cities|chart=all}} | accessdate = 2010-12-05 | quote=

Dead End Countdown Peak position: 16, July 4, 2009}} on the Canadian Hot 100 in July 2009 and a month later, the single was certified gold by the CRIA with over 20,000 digital downloads.{{cite web | title = CRIA | url = http://www.cria.ca/gold/0809_g.php | accessdate = 2010-10-24 | quote = Gold Certification: August 2009 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101019181033/http://cria.ca/gold/0809_g.php | archivedate = 2010-10-19 }}

The song won the SOCAN "POP/ROCK music award"{{cite web |title=21st Annual SOCAN Awards Toronto 2010 - Winners List |url=http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/pub/about_socan/TO_21stSOCANAwards_WinList_000.jsp#s5 |accessdate=2010-11-24 |quote=POP/ROCK winner list |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127201907/http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/pub/about_socan/TO_21stSOCANAwards_WinList_000.jsp#s5 |archivedate=2010-11-27 }} and the music video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hn8W8-pLyM], directed by Jodeb, has been nominated at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards for "Post-Production of the Year".