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Kaiser Chiefs

Ruby

Release date: 2007

From Yours Truly, Angry Mob (Deluxe)
Track 1
3:24
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A three-minute rush of infatuation, 'Ruby' strips romance down to its most basic component: the overwhelming effect of another person's presence. The song moves through a series of declarations of indifference to everything else, each one undercut by the obsessive repetition of a single name. Romance, the opening suggests, is not dead; it is simply all-consuming, leaving room for nothing but the function to breathe and the space between moments with this person. The track builds its momentum through repetition and directness. A name becomes a chant, a question ("do ya know what you're doing to me?") loops without resolution, and the possibility that this might all be a joke hangs uneasily in the final verses. There is no grand declaration here, no metaphor or elaborate sentiment. Just the simple, insistent fact of desire and the uncertainty that comes with it.

"Ruby" is a single by Kaiser Chiefs, from the album Yours Truly, Angry Mob (Deluxe), released 2007. The track is 3:24 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Kaiser Chiefs.

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Ruby

Let it never be said
That romance is dead
'Cause there's so little else

Occupying my head
There is nothing I need
Except the function to breath

But I'm not really fussed
Doesn't matter to me
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!

Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya!
Know what you're doing, doing to me!
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!

Due to lack of interest
Tomorrow is cancelled
Let the clocks be reset

And the pendulums held
'Cause there's nothing at all
Except the space in-between

Finding out what you're called
And repeating your name
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!

Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya!
Know what you're doing doing to me!
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!
Could it be, could it be
That you're joking with me

And you don't really see
You and me
Could it be, could it be
That you're joking with me
And you don't really see
You with me

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!
Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya!
Know what you're doing doing to me!
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!
Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya!
Know what you're doing,doing to me!

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From Yours Truly, Angry Mob (Deluxe)

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  1. 1Ruby
    3:24
  2. 2The Angry Mob
    4:47
  3. 3Heat Dies Down
    3:56
  4. 4Highroyds
    3:19
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3:16
  • 6Thank You Very Much
    2:35
  • 7I Can Do It Without You
    3:23
  • 8My Kind of Guy
    4:07
  • 9Everything Is Average Nowadays
    2:41
  • 10Boxing Champ
    1:31
  • 11Learnt My Lesson Well
    3:54
  • 12Try Your Best
    3:41
  • 13Retirement
    3:51
  • 14Heat Dies Down (Live In Berlin)
    3:44
  • 15Everything Is Average Nowadays (Live In Berlin)
    2:43
  • 16Ruby (Live In Berlin)
    3:21
  • 17Highroyds (Live In Berlin)
    3:29
  • 18Retirement (Live In Berlin)
    4:49
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    3:24
  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Andrew “Whitey” White, Nick Baines, Nick Hodgson, Ricky Wilson, Simon Rix
    Producer
    Stephen Street
    Engineer
    Cenzo Townshend, Tom Stanley
    Bass
    Simon Rix
    Drums
    Nick Hodgson
    Guitar
    Andrew “Whitey” White
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Alex Mackenzie
    Background Vocals
    Andrew “Whitey” White, Nick Hodgson, Simon Rix
    Lead Vocals
    Ricky Wilson
    Mastering Engineer
    John Davis (Engineer)
    Percussion
    Nick Hodgson, Ricky Wilson
    Piano
    Nick Baines
    Synthesizer
    Nick Baines
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