Released: November 9, 2017

Songwriter: Dan Smith

Producer: Dan Smith Mark Crew

[Verse 1]
So this is where we are
It's not where we had wanted to be
If half the world's gone mad
The other half just don't care, you see

[Pre-Chorus]
You don't want to fuck with us
British to the very last

[Chorus]
When it feels like the world's gone mad
And there's nothing you can do about it
No, there's nothing you can do about it
When it feels like the world's gone mad
And there's nothing you can do about it
No, there's nothing you can do about it

[Verse 2]
So tell me what's the news
And what is it you want me to see
We're lying to ourselves
And dancing by the light of the screen

[Pre-Chorus]
You don't want to fuck with us
British to the very last

[Chorus]
When it feels like the world's gone mad
And there's nothing you can do about it
No, there's nothing you can do about it
When it feels like the world's gone mad
And there's nothing you can do about it
No, there's nothing you can do about it

[Verse 3]
Another man holding a microphone
Trying to say something at all
Or finding himself on an empty road
Trying to choose which way to go

[Bridge]
So, you wanna make some money?
You wanna make some money
So, you wanna be somebody?
You wanna make some money

[Chorus]
When it feels like the world's gone mad
And there's nothing you can do about it
No, there's nothing you can do about it
When it feels like the world's gone mad
And there's nothing you can do about it
No, there's nothing you can do about it

Bastille

Bastille is a British indie pop band. After releasing a limited single in 2010 and the Laura Palmer EP in 2011, the band was signed to Virgin Records. Following their signing, the band released two mix-tapes – Other People’s Heartache and Other People’s Heartache Pt. 2 — for free. In an interview with The Guardian, Dan Smith discussed the

Someone recently said to ‘The mixtapes were very clever, was that the label’s idea?’ Actually the label were completely against it; we were stealing and sampling illegally left, right and centre. The label ‘We want nothing to do with this.’ When it came to hosting the mixtapes, I had to register the website myself.

Preceding the release of their debut album, Bad Blood, the band released several singles — “Overjoyed”, “Bad Blood” and “Flaws”— to moderate commercial success. In February 2013, the band was catapulted into the charts by the album’s fourth single, “Pompeii”. The song was a commercial hit, going up to 5x Platinum around the world. In June 2014, “Pompeii” was confirmed to be the United Kingdom’s most streamed song ever. Unfortunately, it has since been overtaken.