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Settle Down by The 1975

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The 1975

Settle Down

Release date: 1st September 2013

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Released as the fifth single from The 1975's self-titled debut album on 24 February 2014, 'Settle Down' tells the story of a secretive love affair conducted under the scrutiny of a small town. Matty Healy has described the track as being about dancing to Michael Jackson with an ex-girlfriend, and that physical memory runs through the lyric's fixation on bodies in motion and the pull of proximity against better judgement. The song was added to BBC Radio 1's playlist in January 2014. Its narrator circles a girl with soft-spoken presence and hair covering her face, caught between desire and the knowledge that being found together carries consequence. The chorus frames the tension plainly: an hour or two stretched past sense, hands and mouths in a house where discretion has already failed.

"Settle Down" is a track by The 1975, released 1st September 2013. The track is 4:00 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about The 1975.

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Lyrics

Settle Down

A soft sound
Into the way that she wears her hair down
Covering up her face
And oh what a let down
And I don't seem to be having any effect now
Falling all over the place

But you're losing your words
We're speaking in bodies
Avoiding me and talking 'bout you
But you're losing your turn
I guess I'll never learn
'Cause I stay another hour or two

For crying out loud, settle down!
You know I can't be found with you
We get back to my house
Your hands, my mouth
Now I just stop myself around you

A small town
Dictating all the people we get around
What a familiar face
Do you get what I mean now?
I'm so fixated on the girl with the soft sound
Her hair all over the place

And you're sure that I'd learn
I'm pushing through bodies
Avoiding me and walking 'round you
And you're cold and I burn
I guess I'll never learn
'Cause I stay another hour or two

For crying out loud, settle down!
You know I can't be found with you
We get back to my house
Your hands, my mouth
Now I just stop myself around you

A soft sound
Into the way that she wears her hair down
Covering up her face
And oh what a let down
I don't seem to be having any effect now
Falling all over the place

But you're losing your words
We're speaking in bodies
Avoiding me and talking 'bout you
And you're losing your turn
I guess I'll never learn
'Cause I stay another hour or two

For crying out loud, settle down!
You know I can't be found with you
We get back to my house
Your hands, my mouth
Now I just stop myself around you
For crying out loud!

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Track details

Settle Down

4:002013
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Track number
9
Release year
2013

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Adam Hann, George Daniel, Matty Healy, Ross MacDonald
Producer
Adam Hann, George Daniel, Matty Healy, Mike Crossey, Ross MacDonald
Engineer
Jonathan Gilmore, Mike Spink
Bass
Ross MacDonald
Drums
George Daniel
Guitar
Adam Hann, Matty Healy
Keyboards
Adam Hann
Vocals
Matty Healy
Graphic Design
Samuel Burgess-Johnson
Mastering Engineer
Robin Schmidt
Mixing Engineer
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Photography
David Drake, George Daniel
Piano
Matty Healy
Programmer
George Daniel, Jonathan Gilmore, Mike Crossey
Synthesizer
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