"Destroy Everything You Touch" is the second single from the album Witching Hour

Witching Hour

Witching Hour is the third studio album by English electronic band Ladytron. It was released in the United Kingdom on 3 October 2005 by Island Records. A special edition of the album was released in 2007, containing a bonus disc of recent music videos and the documentary Once Upon a Time in the...

by electronic music

Electronic music

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 band Ladytron

Ladytron

Ladytron are an English electronic band formed in 1999 in Liverpool, Merseyside. The group consists of Helen Marnie , Mira Aroyo , Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu .Their sound blends electropop with New Wave and shoegazing elements. Ladytron described their sound as "electronic pop"...

. It reached a position of #42 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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, the highest position a Ladytron single has reached to date. It was re-released in the UK on 22 October 2007.

CD single, UK (2005)

1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (single version) – 3:52
2. "Seventeen '05" – 7:18

Maxi CD enhanced, UK (2005)

1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (single version) – 3:52
2. "Nothing to Hide" – 3:49
3. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (Playgroup Vocal Edit) – 5:25
4. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (Hot Chip Remix Edit) – 6:50
5. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (music video)

7", 1/2, UK (2007)

1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (radio edit)
2. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (Hot Chip Remix)

7", 2/2, UK (2007)

1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (radio edit)
2. "Soft Power" (Vicarious Bliss Gutter Mix)

Maxi CD, Germany (2007)

1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (single version) – 3:52
2. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (Playgroup Version) – 7:47
3. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (Hot Chip Remix) – 7:12
4. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (Vector Lovers Remix) – 7:56

Maxi CD, UK (2007)

1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (radio edit) – 3:50
2. "International Dateline" (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) – 5:18
3. "International Dateline" – 4:16
4. "Destroy Everything You Touch" (White Heat On the Money Edit) – 4:18

Music video

The music video shows the members of Ladytron hiking through a mountain range

Mountain range

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, facing various hazards such as two-legged creatures attempting to attack them, and having frosty wind blown at them by faces in the mountains (which are the members of Ladytron, with makeup added to them to make their skin look covered with snow and ice).

Cultural appearances

"Destroy Everything You Touch" is featured on the video game 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup (video game)

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. It is one of the many EA Trax

EA Trax

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 that appear in the game.

The song also appears in the 2007 film Smiley Face

Smiley Face (film)

Smiley Face is a 2007 American/German comedy film written by Dylan Haggerty and directed and co-produced by Gregg Araki. It stars Anna Faris as a young woman who has a series of misadventures after eating a large number of cupcakes laced with cannabis...

, and in the 2008 film One Missed Call. It was also used in the 2009 film Mammoth

Mammoth (2008 film)

Mammoth is a 2009 Swedish fiction film directed by Lukas Moodysson, about a successful New York couple experiencing conditions related to modern day globalization. The couple is played by Gael García Bernal and Michelle Williams, in the roles of Leo and Ellen Vidales. The title superficially refers...

, and for its trailer.

It also appears in the 2008 Vogue magazine

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 documentary

Documentary

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 The September Issue

The September Issue

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, and its trailer.

Remixes

The single has been remixed by Sasha

Sasha (DJ)

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 for his mix/remix album Invol2ver

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. On 19 May 2009, a cover version by The Faint

The Faint

The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Jacob Thiele, Dapose, Joel Petersen and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst...

was released on an iTunes single entitled "The Faint/Ladytron Tour – Single" (with Ladytron contributing a remix of The Faint's "Mirror Error").