Night Shades
Night Shades is the fourth and final studio album by Cobra Starship, released through Fueled by Ramen and Decaydance Records on August 29, 2011. The album is the follow-up of 2009's Hot Mess. The first single from the album, "You Make Me Feel...", features singer Sabi and was released on May 10, 2011. The full album was made available to stream for free on their Facebook page prior to its release.
For other uses, see Night Shades (disambiguation).Night Shades
August 30, 2011 (US)
October 28, 2011 (UK)[1]
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- Cobra Starship
- Steve Mac
- Ryan Tedder
- Brent Kutzle
- Ari Levine
- Grant Michaels
- Adam Pallin
- Stargate
The album debuted at number 50 on the Billboard 200 with 9,000 sales in its first week,[5] but fell to number 185 in its second week.[6] Following a pre-show performance on MTV's 2011 Video Music Awards, their single "You Make Me Feel..." reached the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100 and become their second top 10 hit at number seven.[7] The band was the opening act for Justin Bieber in October through South America.[8] The third single "#1Nite" has more than 91,000 downloads to date.[9]
Promotional singles[edit]
The band engaged in a staged rollout for Night Shades, offering fans sneak peeks of the album through pre-release tracks or promotional singles starting with "#1Nite (One Night)" on July 26, "Fool Like Me" (featuring Plastiscines) on August 9 and "Middle Finger" (featuring Mac Miller) on August 23, available exclusively through iTunes, where fans were able to download them with the option to complete the album on release date for the remainder of the album price.[8] "Don't Blame the World, It's the DJ's Fault" was released separately onto iTunes on August 29, 2011, the day of Night Shades's release.[15] "Middle Finger" later became the second official single. "#1Nite" featuring My Name Is Kay was released as the third official single in 2012.
Cobra Starship
Additional musicians