Roll Away Your Stone

"Roll Away Your Stone"
Single by Mumford & Sons
from the album Sigh No More
Released 3 June 2010
Format CD single, digital download, 7" vinyl
Recorded 2009
Genre Indie folk, bluegrass
Length 4:23
Label Island
Producer(s) Markus Dravs
Mumford & Sons singles chronology
"The Cave"
(2010)		 "Roll Away Your Stone"
(2010)		 "I Will Wait"
(2012)

"Roll Away Your Stone" is the fourth single by London rock quartet, Mumford & Sons, taken from their debut album, Sigh No More. It was released as a Digital Download on 3 June 2010 and was released as the third and final single from Sigh No More in the United States on 7 June 2011.[1] The song begins with an instrumental version of the Irish jig, "Merrily Kissed the Quaker". The song, which is simply incredible, appeared in the 2012 documentary film, Kony 2012.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Roll Away Your Stone"   4:23
2. "White Blank Page" (Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire) 4:20

Chart performance

Despite being added to BBC Radio 1's A Playlist in May 2010, the single failed to crack the Top 100 upon physical release in June. The single managed to peak at number 141 on the UK Singles Chart.

Chart (2010–11) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[3] 15
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 141
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[5] 5
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[6] 10
US Rock Songs (Billboard)[7] 11

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 3 June 2010[8] Digital download Island
7 June 2010 CD single
7" Vinyl
United States 7 June 2011 Radio Glassnote

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases
  2. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/roll-away-your-stone-single/id376198820
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Mumford & Sons – Roll Away Your Stone" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  4. ↑ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/100619cluk.txt
  5. ↑ "Mumford & Sons – Chart history" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Mumford & Sons. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-highlights-dance-alternative-songs-1005229162.story
  7. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/311935/mumford-sons/chart
  8. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/roll-away-your-stone-single/id376198820

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