Kicking and Screaming (song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Kicking and Screaming

| cover = FuneralK&S.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Funeral for a Friend

| album = Memory and Humanity

| released = 28 September 2008

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 3:25

| label = Join Us (UK)
Victory Records (Canada, U.S.)
Roadrunner Records (Worldwide)

| writer = Kris Coombs, Gareth Ellis-Davies, Matthew Davies-Kreye, Ryan Richards, Darran Smith

| producer =

| prev_title = Waterfront Dance Club / Beneath the Burning Tree

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Rules and Games

| next_year = 2009

}}

"Kicking and Screaming" is a song by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend, the song was released as the second single from their fourth album, Memory and Humanity, released on 28 September 2008. A video for the single directed by Nicholas (Nick) Bartleet and cinematographed by Eric Maddison made its debut on 9 August 2008.{{cite web |title=Funeral For A Friend Post New Video |url=http://www.rocksound.tv/articles/1775/Funeral-For-A-Friend-Post-New-Video.html |publisher=Rock Sound |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823112151/http://www.rocksound.tv/articles/1775/Funeral-For-A-Friend-Post-New-Video.html |archivedate=2008-08-23 }} The song is Funeral for a Friend's lowest ever charting single, debuting at #116 in the UK, when all other singles reached the top 40, although Rules and Games failed to even make the top 200 in 2009.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} Unlike most of the other songs on the album, Kicking and Screaming is leaned towards a much more alternative rock sound.

Track listing

=CD=

  1. "Kicking and Screaming" - 3:25
  2. "Constant Illuminations" - 2:56
  3. "Faster" - 3:54

=Vinyl=

  1. "Kicking and Screaming"
  2. "Join Us" - 3:48

=Download bundle=

  1. "Kicking and Screaming"
  2. "Faster"
  3. "Join Us"
  4. "Kicking and Screaming" (Demo) - 3:30
  5. "Kicking and Screaming" (Ghostlines remix) - 3:49

Charts

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!Chart (2008)

!Peak
position

UK Singles Chart

|align="center"|116

UK Indie Chart

|align="center"|4

References