Everything Is Average Nowadays

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{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Everything Is Average Nowadays

| cover = Everything Is Average Nowadays.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Kaiser Chiefs

| album = Yours Truly, Angry Mob

| B-side = {{ubl|"I Like to Fight",|"Out of My Depth"}}

| released = 21 May 2007

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Indie rock, power pop

| length = 2:44

| label = B-Unique Records

| writer = Ricky Wilson, Andrew White, Simon Rix, Nick Baines, and Nick Hodgson

| producer = Stephen Street

| prev_title = Ruby

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = The Angry Mob

| next_year = 2007

| misc =

}}

"Everything Is Average Nowadays" is a song by English rock band Kaiser Chiefs and is the ninth track on their second album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob. The song was released as the second single from that album in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2007 (see 2007 in British music).{{cite web|title=New Single Details – "Everything Is Average Nowadays" – Out 21st May|url=http://www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk/txp/index.php?id=389}}

A live version of the song recorded in Berlin during the band's tour there in November 2006 was released in the United States on 13 March 2007 as part of a promotional disc offered at Best Buy stores.{{cite web|title=Pre Album Single Offer – CD – Kaiser Chiefs|publisher=Best Buy|url=http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8258565&st=Kaiser+Chiefs&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1627259}}

Both the CD and 7" formats of the single were issued at a limited run, and was deleted one week after its release.{{cite web | title=Everything is Average Nowadays – Single Available For One Week Only | url=http://www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk/index.php?id=433|accessdate= 2007-05-31}}

The song has been covered by The Little Ones, which is available on a 7" single with the Kaiser Chiefs' "Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)".

Track listing

  • 7" BUN125-7
  1. "Everything Is Average Nowadays"
  2. "I Like to Fight"
  3. * This song can also be found as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" and the edition offered at American Best Buy stores.
  • CD BUN125CD
  1. "Everything Is Average Nowadays"
  2. "Out of My Depth"

Charts

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!Chart (2007)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Czech Republic|32|year=2007|week=27|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2018}}
align="left"|Dutch Top 40[http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kaiser+Chiefs "Discografie Kaiser Chiefs"]. DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 27 October 2008.

|align="center"|91

align="left"|Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kaiser chiefs|chart=European Hot 100}} "European Hot 100 Singles (Chart Listing for the Week of Jun 09 2007)"]. Billboard. Retrieved 27 October 2008.

|align="center"|56

align="left"|German Singles Chart[http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Kaiser%20Chiefs?type=single "Chartverfolgung / Kaiser Chiefs / Single"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205182857/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Kaiser%20Chiefs?type=single |date=5 February 2009 }}. MusicLine.de. Retrieved 27 October 2008.

|align="center"|99

align="left"|UK Singles Chart[https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15414/kaiser-chiefs/ "Chart Stats: Kaiser Chiefs"]. OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 27 October 2008.

|align="center"|19

References

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