Ruby (Kaiser Chiefs song)


"Ruby" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released in the United Kingdom on 5 February 2007 as the lead single from their second studio album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob. It became the band's first number-one single on 25 February 2007 and ended 2007 as the year's 10th-biggest-selling single in the UK, with total sales of 313,765.
A video single of the song was released in the United States at Best Buy stores on 13 March 2007, two weeks before the album was released there, and featured a live version of "Everything Is Average Nowadays" and the B-side "Admire You".
The song has sold 375,000 copies in the UK, as stated by the Official Charts Company. "Ruby" also was voted number 13 in the Triple J Hottest 100 in 2007.

Music video

The promo for "Ruby" was directed by Swedish production company Stylewar, who also produced the 2005 video for "I Predict a Riot", and features the band performing in a desert landscape whilst a CGI metropolis-like miniature city builds around them. The video was scheduled to be shown on Channel 4 at 11:35 p.m. on 15 January 2007 but was pulled from the schedules for unknown reasons. The video finally premiered on the official Kaiser Chiefs website four days later.

Track listings

  1. "Ruby"
  2. "Admire You"
  3. * This song was also released as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of Yours Truly, Angry Mob.
  1. "Ruby"
  2. "From the Neck Down"
  3. * This song was also released as a bonus track on the Best Buy edition of Yours Truly, Angry Mob.
  1. "Ruby"
  2. "Ruby"
  1. "Everything Is Average Nowadays"
  2. "Admire You"
  3. "Ruby"

    Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
UK Singles 189

Certifications

Notable cover versions

On 19 January 2011, Italian band Elio e le Storie Tese played a cover version of the song at the nationwide TV-show Parla con Me, with lyrics changed into a satiric reference to the Rubygate sex scandal, which then Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had just been involved with.