The Racing Rats
| "The Racing Rats" | ||||
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| Single by Editors | ||||
| from the album An End Has a Start | ||||
| B-side | "Banging Heads, A Thousand Pieces" | |||
| Released | 26 November 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006/2007 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk revival, indie rock | |||
| Length | 3:50 (single edit) 4:17 (album version) | |||
| Label | Kitchenware Records (UK) PIAS (Continental Europe) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Editors (Edward Lay, Russell Leetch, Tom Smith, Chris Urbanowicz) | |||
| Producer(s) | Jacknife Lee | |||
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"The Racing Rats" is the third single from Editors' second album An End Has a Start. The single was released on 26 November 2007 with a CD format and three 7" singles in the UK, as well as on two CD formats and DVD on PIAS in Europe. It reached number 26 in the UK Charts, one place higher than the previous single, "An End Has a Start". It was used as the backing music, to the 2008 BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award tribute to Anthony Hopkins.