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"Stand on the Horizon" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the sixth single from the band's fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, on 28 July 2014. The song was written by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, recorded during 2013, and produced by Kapranos and Norwegian DJ Todd Terje. The music video for the song was released on 3 August 2014, was directed by Karan Kandhari, and was posted on the band's Vevo channel on YouTube.[1]

"Stand on the Horizon"
Single by Franz Ferdinand
from the album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Released	28 July 2014 (2014-07-28)
Recorded	2013
Genre	Indie rock disco-punk post-punk revival
Length	4:23
Label	Domino
Songwriter(s)	Alex Kapranos Nick McCarthy
Producer(s)	Alex Kapranos Todd Terje
Franz Ferdinand singles chronology
"Fresh Strawberries" (2014) "Stand on the Horizon" (2014) "Johnny Delusional" (2015)
Music video
"Stand on the Horizon" on YouTube

Composition

"Stand on the Horizon" features indie rock and disco-punk.[2] The song was written by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy and produced by Kapranos and Norwegian DJ Todd Terje.[3] The song was labeled by Kapranos as something neither Franz Ferdinand or Terje have done before. He also called the ending of the song "a beautiful, uplifting piece of music".[4] The song is sampled over the opening credits to the U.S./Canadian situation comedy Loudermilk.

Track listing

Personnel

Personnel adapted from the album's liner notes

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6]	72

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
United Kingdom	28 July 2014	Domino	Digital download
			CD-R

References

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