Destroy Everything You Touch


"Destroy Everything You Touch" is a song by British electronic music band Ladytron. It was released in 2005 as the second single from their third studio album, Witching Hour. It reached a position of number 42 on the UK Singles Chart, the highest position a Ladytron single has reached to date. It was re-released in the UK on 22 October 2007. The song ranked at #137 on Pitchfork's "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s" list.

Music video

The music video, directed by Adam Bartley, shows the members of Ladytron hiking through a mountain range, facing various hazards such as two-legged creatures attempting to attack them, and having frosty wind blown at them by faces in the mountains.

Remixes

The single has been remixed by Sasha for his mix/remix album Invol2ver. On 19 May 2009, a cover version by The Faint was released on an iTunes single titled "The Faint/Ladytron Tour – Single".

Track listings

CD single, UK
  1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 3:52
  2. "Seventeen '05" – 7:18
7" limited edition, UK
  1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 4:21
  2. "Citadel" – 3:40
Maxi CD enhanced, UK
  1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 3:52
  2. "Nothing to Hide" – 3:49
  3. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 5:25
  4. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 6:50
  5. "Destroy Everything You Touch"
7", 1/2, UK
  1. "Destroy Everything You Touch"
  2. "Destroy Everything You Touch"
7", 2/2, UK
  1. "Destroy Everything You Touch"
  2. "Soft Power"
Maxi CD, Germany
  1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 3:52
  2. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 7:47
  3. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 7:12
  4. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 7:56
Maxi CD, UK
  1. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 3:50
  2. "International Dateline" – 5:18
  3. "International Dateline" – 4:16
  4. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 4:18
12", UK
  1. "Destroy Everything You Touch"