# Dead End Countdown

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Dead End Countdown
| cover      = DEC_OfficialSinglePicture.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [The New Cities](/source/The_New_Cities)
| album      = [Lost in City Lights](/source/Lost_in_City_Lights)
| released   = 2009
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = 3:17
| label      = [Sony Music Canada](/source/Sony_Music_Canada)
| writer     = Christian Bergeron, Matthew Brann, David Brown,  Nicolas Denis, Francis Fugere, Philippe Lachance, Julien Martre, [Greig Nori](/source/Greig_Nori)
| producer   =
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = Leaders Of The Misled
| next_year  = 2009
}}

"'''Dead End Countdown'''" is the debut single by [Canadian](/source/Canadians) band [The New Cities](/source/The_New_Cities) from their debut album, ''[Lost in City Lights](/source/Lost_in_City_Lights)''. It peaked at #16<ref name=BillboardDEC>{{cite web| title = Canadian Hot 100 Billboard| url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the new cities|chart=all}} | accessdate = 2010-12-05 | quote=
''Dead End Countdown'' Peak position: 16, July 4, 2009}}</ref> on the [Canadian Hot 100](/source/Canadian_Hot_100) in July 2009 and a month later, the single was certified gold by the [CRIA](/source/Music_Canada) with over 20,000 digital downloads.<ref name=CRIA>{{cite web | title = CRIA | url = http://www.cria.ca/gold/0809_g.php | accessdate = 2010-10-24 | quote = Gold Certification: August 2009 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101019181033/http://cria.ca/gold/0809_g.php | archivedate = 2010-10-19 }}</ref>

The song won the [SOCAN](/source/socan) "POP/ROCK music award"<ref name=SOCAN>{{cite web |title=21st Annual SOCAN Awards Toronto 2010 - Winners List |url=http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/pub/about_socan/TO_21stSOCANAwards_WinList_000.jsp#s5 |accessdate=2010-11-24 |quote=POP/ROCK winner list |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127201907/http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/pub/about_socan/TO_21stSOCANAwards_WinList_000.jsp#s5 |archivedate=2010-11-27 }}</ref> and the music video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hn8W8-pLyM], directed by [Jodeb](/source/Jonathan_Desbiens), has been nominated at the [2009](/source/2009_MuchMusic_Video_Awards) [MuchMusic Video Awards](/source/MuchMusic_Video_Awards) for "Post-Production of the Year".

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Category:Songs written by Greig Nori

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