A Song for the Lovers
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| Single by Richard Ashcroft | ||||||||||
| from the album Alone with Everybody | ||||||||||
| B-side | "(Could Be) A Country Thing, City Thing, Blues Thing", "Precious Stone" | |||||||||
| Released | 3 April 2000 | |||||||||
| Format | CD, 12", Cassette | |||||||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||||||||
| Length | 5:39 | |||||||||
| Label | Hut Records | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Richard Ashcroft | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Chris Potter, Richard Ashcroft | |||||||||
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"A Song for the Lovers" is a song by English singer-songwriter Richard Ashcroft and is the opening track on his 2000 album, Alone with Everybody. The song was also released on April 3, 2000 as the first single from that album in the United Kingdom (see 2000 in British music). The single peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart, a position that would be matched by Ashcroft's 2006 single "Break the Night with Colour".
A Song for the Lovers was originally written by Richard Ashcroft as a demo track for The Verve's studio album Urban Hymns. 3 different versions were recorded but the song did not make the final album.
The music video for "A Song for the Lovers" premiered in May 2000 and was directed by Jonathan Glazer.
The video is of narrative style. It is shot in real-time with an element of diegetic sound unusual in most music videos. Diegetic sound was used previously by Glazer for "Rabbit in Your Headlights".
The video appears to take its cue from the first lines of the song:
I spend the night, yeah,
Looking for my insides in a hotel room,
Waiting for you.
It shows Richard Ashcroft shirtless in a hotel room, having apparently just showered. The hotel room is decorated with a large amount of Native American imagery, featuring framed photos of tribal chiefs and a large mural in the bedroom. Ashcroft turns on a stereo and "A Song for the Lovers" starts playing. He makes an enigmatic, mumbled phone call, ending with the complaint, "It's been half an hour."
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