Push the Button (Chemical Brothers album)
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Push the Button is the fifth studio album
Studio album
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 by English big beat
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 band The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers
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, first released in January 2005. It won the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album
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 in January 2006. It was certified gold by the BPI
British Phonographic Industry
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 on 28 January 2005.

This album has been released with the Copy Control
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 protection system in some regions.

In the Republic of Ireland
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, the song "The Big Jump" is featured in the RTÉ
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 television show Hardy Bucks
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; the character "The Viper" is known to use it as his theme song.

Live 05
Live 05
Live 05 is a digital-only EP by The Chemical Brothers released in 2005. It contains live tracks recorded during the band's 2005 tour, promoting their album, Push the Button.-External links:***...

was released as a digital EP promoting the album on 29 November 2005. It was recorded live from their 2005 tour.

Track listing

Singles

"Galvanize
Galvanize (song)
"Galvanize" is a song by British electronic duo The Chemical Brothers and the first single released from their 2005 album Push the Button. It was released a week before the album's release and peaked at No. 3 in the UK charts . It won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in February 2006...

" was the first single
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 from the album, released a week before the album was released. It peaked at number 3 spot in UK Singles Chart
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. "Believe
Believe (Chemical Brothers song)
"Believe" was the second single from The Chemical Brothers 2005 album Push the Button. The single was released in early May 2005 and peaked at #18 in the UK charts . The song features Bloc Party's Kele Okereke on vocals...

" was the second single from the album, released in May 2005. It peaked at number 18. "The Boxer" was the third single from the album, released in early July 2005. It peaked at number 41.

Release

The album was released in various countries in January 2005.
Country Date Label Catalog Format
Japan
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13 January 2005 Toshiba-EMI
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VJCP 68715 CD
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United Kingdom
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24 January 2005 Virgin
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XDUSTCD7 CD
XDUSTLP7 LP
Australia
Australia
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24 January 2005 Virgin 5633032 CD
United States
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25 January 2005 Astralwerks
Astralwerks
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ASW 63282 CD
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