Photoshop Handsome
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Photoshop Handsome
| cover = Photoshop Handsome single cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Everything Everything
| album = Man Alive
| released = 25 May 2009
| recorded = 2008
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = * Art rock
| length = 3:20
| label = Geffen
| writer = * Jonathan Higgs
| producer = David Kosten
| prev_title = Suffragette Suffragette
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = My Kz, Ur Bf
| next_year = 2009
}}
"Photoshop Handsome" is a song by British indie pop band Everything Everything. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2009 as the second single from the band's debut studio album, Man Alive (2010).
Song meaning
The song's title refers to the digital editing software Adobe Photoshop and how it has been utilized in the cosmetics industry to alter people's images as a marketing ploy for their products. According to frontman Jonathan Higgs, "Photoshop Handsome looks at the world of digital image manipulation and computer game re-incarnation. What would it feel like to come back to life as one of the 'perfected', false, immortal beings that adorn magazine covers, adverts and games?".{{Cite news |date=2010-12-09 |title=Animators re-imagine Everything |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/music/newsid_9273000/9273662.stm |access-date=2023-02-17}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Photoshop Handsome
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Photoshop Handsome
| note2 = acoustic
| length2 = 3:24
| title3 = Photoshop Handsome
| note3 = Mystery Jets 'KyotoShop Handsome' remix
| length3 = 4:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Remixes EP{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/photoshop-handsome-remixes/id409906557|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126220147/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/photoshop-handsome-remixes/id409906557|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2011|title=Everything Everything – 'Photoshop Handsome' – Remixes EP|publisher=iTunes Store|accessdate=2012-10-17}}
| title1 = Photoshop Handsome
| note1 = Soil in the Synth remix
| length1 = 4:59
| title2 = Photoshop Handsome
| note2 = II Figures remix
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = Photoshop Handsome
| note3 = Disclosure remix
| length3 = 4:30
}}
Charts
For the chart week dated 29 January 2011, "Photoshop Handsome" debuted at number one hundred and twenty-nine on the UK Singles Chart—marking the band's third appearance on the chart; following "Schoolin'" (number 152, 2010) and "My Kz, Ur Bf" (number 121, 2010).
= Weekly charts =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (2011)
! Peak |
|---|
| scope="row" | UK Singles (Official Charts Company){{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110129cluk.txt|title=Chart Log UK > New Entries Update|publisher=Zobbel.de|date=2011-01-29|accessdate=2012-10-17}}
| align="center" | 129 |
Release history
| class=wikitable |
| Region
! Date ! Format |
|---|
| United Kingdom
| 16 January 2011{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/photoshop-handsome-ep/404023677|title=Everything Everything – 'Photoshop Handsome' – Digital Download|publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=2012-10-17}} |