Stand on the Horizon

"Stand on the Horizon" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the sixth single from the band's fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, on 28 July 2014. The song was written by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, recorded during 2013, and produced by Kapranos and Norwegian DJ Todd Terje. The music video for the song was released on 3 August 2014, was directed by Karan Kandhari, and was posted on the band's Vevo channel on YouTube.

Composition
"Stand on the Horizon" features indie rock and disco-punk. The song was written by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy and produced by Kapranos and Norwegian DJ Todd Terje. The song was labeled by Kapranos as something neither Franz Ferdinand or Terje have done before. He also called the ending of the song "a beautiful, uplifting piece of music". The song is sampled over the opening credits to the U.S./Canadian situation comedy Loudermilk.

Personnel
Personnel adapted from the album's liner notes


 * Franz Ferdinand
 * Alex Kapranos – lead vocals, guitar, composing, mixing, pre-production, and production
 * Nick McCarthy – backing vocals, rhythm guitar, and keyboards
 * Bob Hardy – bass guitar
 * Paul Thomson – drums


 * Production personnel
 * Ch4in$ - pre-production
 * Owen Pallett - strings and string arrangement
 * Mark Ralph - engineering and mixing
 * Todd Terje - engineering, mixing, and production