Four to the Floor

For the musical rhythm pattern, see Four-on-the-floor (dance). For the British music television program, see Four to the Floor (TV series).

"Four to the Floor" is a song by British band Starsailor. The song was released as the third and final single from the band's second album, Silence Is Easy (2003), and became a hit, peaking at number one in France and Wallonia, number five in Australia, and number 24 in the United Kingdom. The Thin White Duke remix of the song was ranked number 70 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004 in Australia. As of July 2014, it was the 84th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 333,000 units sold.^[1]

"Four to the Floor"
Single by Starsailor
from the album Silence Is Easy
B-side	"Four to the Floor" (Thin White Duke mix)
Released	1 March 2004 (2004-03-01)
Length	3:54 (radio edit) 4:13 (album version)
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	James Walsh James Stelfox Ben Byrne Barry Westhead
Producer(s)	Danton Supple Starsailor
Starsailor singles chronology
"Born Again" (2003) "Four to the Floor" (2004) "In the Crossfire" (2005)
Music video
Four to the Floor on YouTube

Music videos

Left to right: James Stelfox, James Walsh and Ben Byrne in the orchestra version of "Four to the Floor" music video.

There are two different videos for "Four to the Floor." In the first one, filmed for the album version of the song, the band played in a scenario accompanied by the members of a symphonic orchestra appearing and disappearing according to the development of the song and the instruments.

The band seen as a graffito.

The second video, filmed for the Thin White Duke remix, features a genderless little person of unknown age in a hooded winter jacket spray-painting graffiti on public walls in or near the city of London. The band members of Starsailor are depicted as animated graffiti whilst playing the title song throughout. At the end of the video the faceless, anonymous elfin creature is caught while standing on a bridge and shaken down by the police. One of the scenes in the video can be seen as the art cover for the Hard-Fi single Hard to Beat.

The video also shows the images of famous Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, and Ben Byrne wears a T-shirt with the word "socialism", though there is not a clear connection between those images and the concept of the video.

Track listings

UK CD single[2] "Four to the Floor" (radio edit) "A Message" UK 10-inch single[3] A1. "Four to the Floor" (radio edit) A2. "A Message" B1. "Four to the Floor" (Thin White Duke mix) German mini-CD single[4] "Four to the Floor" – 4:11 "At the End of a Show" – 4:12

European maxi-CD single[5] "Four to the Floor" "At the End of a Show" "White Dove" (original demo) Australian maxi-CD single[6] "Four to the Floor" "Four to the Floor" (Soulsavers mix) "Four to the Floor" (Thin White Duke mix)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003–2005) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[7] 5 Australian Club Chart (ARIA)[8] 6 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 8 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[10] 1 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[11] 69 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[12] Thin White Duke mix 107 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[13] 8 France (SNEP)[14] 1 Germany (GfK)[15] 82 Italy (FIMI)[16] 22 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[17] 88 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[18] 24 Scotland (OCC)[19] 18 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[20] 9 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 14 UK Singles (OCC)[22] 24

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position CIS (TopHit)[23] 100 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[24] 77 Chart (2004) Position Australia (ARIA)[25] 19 Australian Club Chart (ARIA)[26] 14 France (SNEP)[27] 16 Chart (2005) Position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[28] 48 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[29] 21 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[30] 71 France (SNEP)[31] 78 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[32] 200 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 95

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[34]	Platinum	70,000^
France (SNEP)[35]	Gold	333,000[1]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	1 March 2004	10-inch vinyl CD	EMI	[36]
Australia	22 March 2004	CD		[37]
France	28 October 2004		EMI Capitol	[35]