"Somebody to Die For"
Single by Hurts
from the album Exile
Released	21 July 2013 (2013-07-21)
Recorded	2012; Pellerin Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Length	4:35
Label	Major Label Sony RCA
Songwriter(s)	Hurts
Producer(s)	Hurts Jonas Quant Dan Grech-Marguerat
Hurts singles chronology
"Blind" (2013) "Somebody to Die For" (2013) "Under Control" (2013)
Music video
"Hurts - Somebody to Die For" on YouTube

"Somebody to Die For" is the third single by English musical duo Hurts from their second studio album Exile, released on 21 July 2013.^[1] The song is co-produced with Dan Grech-Marguerat (Lana Del Rey, Moby). Jonas Quant produced the track for the single release.

The duo premiered the track during a special live session at Spotify in January 2013 and on 17 May 2013 in an acoustic session for The Sun's Biz Sessions.^[2]

The music video was directed by Frank Borin, who also directed the duo's second version of "Miracle" video in 2013. Visual effects were created by GloriaFX at Digital Ukraine.^[3] It was filmed at the Salvation Mountain in the desert near Slab City just several miles from the Salton Sea in California.^{[citation needed]} Video with around Christian imagery continues the religious theme of their video for "Blind".

• Digital EP

1. "Somebody to Die For" (Radio Edit) — 3:20
2. "Somebody to Die For" (Unplugged) — 3:27
3. "Somebody to Die For" (Franz Novotny Remix) — 6:33
4. "Exile" (Freemasons Club Mix) — 7:11

• German EP

1. "Somebody to Die For" (Radio Edit) — 3:20
2. "Ohne Dich" — 4:31
3. "Somebody to Die For" (Unplugged) — 3:27
4. "Somebody to Die For" (Franz Novotny Remix) — 6:33
5. "Exile" (Freemasons Club Mix) — 7:11
6. "Somebody to Die For" (Music Video) — 3:50

• Hurts — keyboards, lyrics, music, programming, production
• Jonas Quant — co-producer, single version
• Dan Grech-Marguerat — engineer, producer
• Jakob Hermann — engineering
• Duncan Fuller — assistant engineering
• Pete Watson — piano
• Paul Walsham — drums
• Wil Malone — conductor, performance arranger
• Boguslaw Kostecki, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, Dermot Crehan, Emil Chakalov, Emlyn Singleton, Gaby Lester, Jonathan Rees, Julian Leaper, Liz Edwards, Maciej Rakowski, Mark Berrow, Patrick Kiernan, Perry Montague-Mason, Peter Hanson, Rita Manning, Tom Pigott-Smith, Warren Zielinski — violin
• Andy Parker, Bruce White, Garfield Jackson, Rachel Stephanie Bolt, Steve Wright, Vicci Wardman — viola
• Allen Walley, Mary Scully, Steve Mair — bass^[8]

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• Hurts - Somebody To Die For (Audio) on YouTube