Decline and Fall

"Decline & Fall" is a song by Manic Street Preachers, released as the lead single from their 15th studio album Critical Thinking, on 29 August 2024, with a YouTube lyric video released on 3 September 2024. The song was written by Manics band members Nicky Wire, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore, but also gives credit to Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook of the band Squeeze as it features a rhythmic sample from the breakdown in the middle of their 1979 hit "Cool for Cats".