0 7 . ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁writing ▁According ▁to ▁co - writer ▁Hann ah ▁Robinson , ▁" D usk ▁Till ▁Da wn " ▁was ▁written ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁session ▁as ▁" My ▁D eli rium ", ▁their ▁first ▁and ▁only ▁together . ▁The ▁lyr ics ▁came ▁about ▁from ▁bra inst orm ing ▁the ▁ideas ▁they ▁had . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁Lady h aw ke ▁had ▁just ▁land ed ▁off ▁a ▁flight ▁from ▁New ▁Zealand ▁and ▁was ▁feeling ▁very ▁jet - lag ged . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁Mike ▁Or me ▁wrote ▁for ▁P itch f ork ▁Media ▁that ▁" D usk ▁Till ▁Da wn " ▁" m arch es ▁along ▁to ▁the ▁beat ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁urban ▁white ▁ch ic ▁of ▁G wen ▁Stef ani ▁and ▁the ▁co ke - n osed ▁disco ▁rock ▁of ▁Franz ▁Ferdinand ." ▁Em ily ▁T art an ella ▁of ▁Pop Mat ters ▁described ▁the ▁song ▁as ▁a ▁" hy brid ▁between ▁Franz ▁Ferdinand ▁and ▁Madonna ", ▁and ▁Ben ▁Norman ▁of ▁About . com ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁" s ounds ▁like ▁a ▁( bet ter ) ▁T ing ▁T ings ▁number ." ▁ ▁Chart ▁performance ▁The ▁single ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁sevent y - e ight ▁on ▁the ▁UK ▁Singles ▁Chart ▁for ▁the ▁issue ▁dated ▁ 2 1 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁sp ending ▁only ▁one ▁week ▁on ▁the ▁chart . ▁ ▁Music ▁video ▁ ▁The ▁video ▁opens ▁with ▁Lady h aw ke ▁in ▁a ▁bed ▁with ▁a ▁man . ▁She ▁looks ▁out ▁of ▁the