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Kaiser Chiefs
English indie rock band
The Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who originally formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, before shortening their name to Parva in 2000, and releasing one studio album, 22, in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation, the band has consisted of lead vocalist Ricky Wilson, guitarist Andrew "Whitey" White, bassist Simon Rix, keyboardist Nick "Peanut" Baines and since 2013 drummer Vijay Mistry, who replaced founding drummer Nick Hodgson following his departure from the band in late 2012.
members: Ricky Wilson, Andrew White, Nick Hodgson, Simon Rix, Nicholas M. Baines, Vijay Mistry
formed in: Leeds
labels: B-Unique Records, Polydor Records, Universal Music Group, Fiction Records, Liberation Music, Caroline International, ATO Records
genres: indie rock, rock music, power pop, Britpop
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indie rockbritishbritpopdance-popalternative rockpop rock
English rock band formed in 1996 in Leeds as Parva.
Also known as: KC, Kaiser Boys, Kaiser Cheifs, Kaiser Chief, Kaiserchief's
From Discogs (free to use). Their entry
Liner notes
Kaiser Chiefs, the records, oldest first
Employment
2005 album
Lap of Honour
2006 ep
Yours Truly, Angry Mob
2007 album
Off With Their Heads
2008 album
The Future Is Medieval
2011 album
Education, Education, Education & War
2014 album
Stay Together
2016 album
Duck
2019 album
Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album
2024 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
"Ruby" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released in the United States on 29 January 2007 and the United Kingdom on 5 February as the lead single from their second studio album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007).
It became the band's first British number-one single on 25 February 2007 and ended 2007 as the year's 10th-biggest-selling single in the UK, with total sales of 313,765. As of July 2026, it has sold over 1,800,000 copies in the UK as stated by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Music video
The promo for "Ruby" was directed by Swedish production company Stylewar, who also produced the 2005 video for "I Predict a Riot" and later the video for its follow-up "Everything Is Average Nowadays", and features the band performing in a desert landscape whilst a CGI metropolis-like miniature city builds around them. The video was scheduled to be shown on Channel 4 at 11:35 p.m. on 15 January 2007 but was pulled from the schedules for unknown reasons. The video finally premiered on the official Kaiser Chiefs website four days later.
Notable cover versions
As part of the BBC Electric Proms the song was performed by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. On 19 January 2011, Italian band Elio e le Storie Tese played a cover version of the song at the nationwide TV-show Parla con Me, with lyrics changed into a satiric reference to the Rubygate sex scandal, which then Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had just been involved with.
