Apply Some Pressure

"Apply Some Pressure"
"Apply Some Pressure"
Single by Maxïmo Park
from the album A Certain Trigger
B-side	"Fear of Falling"; "The Coast Is Always Changing"; "I Want You to Leave"; "Once, a Glimpse"; "My Life in Reverse"; "Isolation";
Released	21 February 2005
Recorded	Autumn 2004
Genre	Indie rock; post-punk revival; new wave; power pop;
Length	3:20 (album version); 2:45 (radio edit);
Label	Warp
Songwriters	Duncan Lloyd; Paul Smith;
Producer	Paul Epworth
Maxïmo Park singles chronology
Audio sample
	file; help;
Music videos
	"Apply Some Pressure" (Version 1) on YouTube; "Apply Some Pressure" (Version 2) on YouTube;

"Apply Some Pressure" is a song by the English indie rock band Maxïmo Park. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album, A Certain Trigger (2005), on 21 February 2005. The song was re-released in October 2005. The music was written by Duncan Lloyd and the lyrics by Paul Smith.

The song originally reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart in February 2005 and later number 17 after its re-release. It was listed as the 352nd best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork. The song has been used in several video games such as SSX on Tour, Burnout Revenge, SingStar Rocks! and the PlayStation Portable version of Asphalt: Urban GT 2.