Unkind (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Unkind

| cover = Sloan_Unkind.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Sloan

| album = The Double Cross

| released = March 29, 2011

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rock

| length = 4:15
3:51 (Radio edit)

| label = Outside

| writer = Patrick Pentland, Sloan

| producer = Ryan Haslett, Sloan

| prev_title = Take It Upon Yourself

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = The Answer Was You

| next_year = 2011

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|h6JqLk66oSY|"Unkind"}}}}

}}

"Unkind" is a song by Canadian rock group Sloan. The song was released as the first single from the band's tenth studio album, The Double Cross.

The original edit of the song features a "guitar echo" intro/outro. The radio edit doesn't feature the "guitar echo" intro/outro.

Music video

The music video for "Unkind" was filmed by Kevin Hilliard & Tim McCready and premiered on Vevo on July 5, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.sloanmusic.com/news/archive/2011/july/rollingstone|title=Rolling Stone Kind to "Unkind" Video|publisher=sloanmusic.com|access-date=2011-07-08 }} The song was received favorably by Rolling Stone, who described the video as "elegant and classy".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/sloan-elegant-classy-clip-for-unkind-20110707|title=Elegant, classy clip for 'Unkind'|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date = February 24, 2016}}

Charts

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!Chart (2011)

!Peak
position

{{Singlechart|Billboardcanadarock|9|artist=Sloan}}
Canadian Alternative Rock Chart{{cite web| title = Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - May 24, 2011| publisher = America's Music Charts| url =http://canadianrockalt.blogspot.com/2011/05/alternative-rock-may-24-2011.html| access-date = May 19, 2011}}

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