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"Cough Cough" is a song from British indie pop band Everything Everything. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2012 as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Arc (2013).[2]

"Cough Cough"
Single by Everything Everything
from the album Arc
Released	14 October 2012
Recorded	2012[1]
Genre	Art rock, indie pop, indie rock, baile funk
Length	3:42
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Jonathan Higgs
Producer(s)	David Kosten, Everything Everything
Everything Everything singles chronology
"Schoolin'" (2010) "Cough Cough" (2012) "Kemosabe" (2013)

Reception

Critical reception

Tom Howard of NME praised the track, commenting "Yeah… so… um… wait a second go Everything Everything like the shy and polite young chaps they are. But then they break into a Dirty-Projectors-crossed with-Destiny’s-Child thing that makes you wish they'd go on a two-year hiatus and make comebacks all the bloody time. Suddenly they sound like saviours of music".[3] "Cough Cough" was also met with positive reception from Doron Davidson-Vidavski of Londonist, who noted it as a "manic and wonderful track [which] highlights all that is unique about the quartet: choppy song structures, hectic vocals and hooksome melodies."[4] The song reached #100 on Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012.

Chart performance

For the chart week dated 27 October 2012, "Cough Cough" debuted at number thirty-seven on the UK Singles Chart—marking the band's first top forty entry—beating previous highest-charting single "My Kz, Ur Bf" (#121, 2010).[5] The following week, "Cough Cough" fell twenty-two places to number fifty-nine; marking its second and final week within the top one hundred.[6]

Track listing

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[5]	37

Credits and personnel

Recording and mixing

• Recorded at RAK Studios, London; Angelic Studios, Halse; Muttley Ranch, London; Jonathan's Flat, Manchester; mixed at Muttley Ranch, London.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Arc, RCA Records, UMP.[1]

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United Kingdom	29 August 2012[7]	Radio airplay
	14 October 2012[2]	Digital download

References

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