The Suburbs/Month of May

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"The Suburbs"/"Month of May" is a single from Arcade Fire's third album The Suburbs. It was released in 2010. It reached number 94 on the Canadian Hot 100.

"The Suburbs"/"Month of May"
Single by Arcade Fire
from the album The Suburbs
Released	2010
Genre	Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length	5:14
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Arcade Fire
Producer(s)	Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire singles chronology
"No Cars Go" (2007) "The Suburbs" / "Month of May" (2010) "We Used to Wait" (2010)

Music video

A music video was made for the single and was uploaded to YouTube on November 22, 2010.^[1] The video is a shortened version of the short film Scenes from the Suburbs, directed by Spike Jonze and inspired by the album itself.

In February 2011, music video blog Yes, We've Got a Video! ranked the song's music video at number 7 in their top 30 videos of 2010. The video was praised as "a twisted, haunting view of the insecurities, frustrations and fear that can come with seemingly innocent suburban life."^[2]

Covers

"The Suburbs" was covered by Father John Misty in 2015.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Arcade Fire.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Suburbs"	5:14

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Month of May"	3:50

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4]	60
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5]	65
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6]	94
Canada Rock (Billboard)[7]	40
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[8]	26

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] "The Suburbs"	Silver	200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.