Paint Your Target

Infobox Single
Name = Paint Your Target


Artist = Fightstar
from Album = Grand Unification
Released = flagicon|United Kingdom June 13, 2005
Format = CD Single, DVD Single, 7" Vinyl
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Alternative metal, post-grunge, post-hardcore
Length = 3:16
Writer = Charlie Simpson, Alex Westaway
Producer = Chris Sheldon
Last single = "Palahniuk's Laughter"
(2005)
This single = "Paint Your Target"
(2005)
Next single = "Grand Unification Part 1"
(2005)|

"Paint Your Target" is the first single off the Fightstar album "Grand Unification". Released in June 2005, Fightstar's first single charted at #9 in the UK. To 'paint your target' is a military expression which refers to identifying and marking a target so that it can be attacked by other forces.

There are two videos for this song, one was banned because of scenes of children running around pretending to shoot each other,however this can still be found on the internet on sites such as YouTube and the 2nd version with the band in a room playing the song.

Track listing

CD
# "Paint Your Target"
# "Until Then"
# "Cross Out the Stars"

7" Vinyl
# "Paint Your Target"
# "Until Then"

DVD
# "Paint Your Target" (Video)
# "Palahniuk’s Laughter" (Video)
# "Paint Your Target" (Acoustic)
# The Making Of Palahniuk’s Laughter (Behind The Scenes Footage)

Chart performance

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