Art of Love (Guy Sebastian song)
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| Single by Guy Sebastian featuring Jordin Sparks | ||||
| from the album Like It Like That | ||||
| Released | 21 November 2009 | |||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B, soul | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Guy Sebastian, Adam Reily | |||
| Producer(s) | Stuart Crichton, Adam Reily, Guy Sebastian | |||
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 Official Music Video: Art of Love featuring Jordin Sparks
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"Art of Love" was the second single from Australian pop singer Guy Sebastian's fifth album, Like It Like That. The single features the vocals of American R&B/pop singer, Jordin Sparks. "Art of Love" was released on 20 November 2009 and reached number eight on the ARIA singles chart and achieved double platinum certification. It was Sebastian's sixth of 12 top ten singles in Australia. It was also released in New Zealand, peaking at number seven, and was certified gold there. "Art of Love" was used to promote the 2010 season of Australian drama Home and Away. The song was shortlisted for the 2010 APRA Song of the Year and received an ARIA Music Award nomination for Most Popular Australian Single.
"Art of Love" is a ballad co-written by Sebastian and Adam Reily. In an interview with Undercover Sebastian said it was a song that wasn't actually written for the album. "I was writing it as a pitch. I was just going to pitch it to another artist who was more maybe R&B. But after writing it I thought 'I don't care if stylistally it doesn't really fit'". The song was originally written as a duet, and Sebastian said they had Jordin Sparks in mind when writing it. "I wrote it with a friend Adam Reily.[...] I remember us sitting down writing it and thinking 'Jordin, she would be great for this. She would be awesome'. But in the back of our minds, both our minds we're like 'but it's Jordin Sparks. She's a big American, well global star[...]and some random Aussie. Why would she do it'?" He said they never expected her to agree to do the song, so they didn't contact her originally. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph in October 2009 Sebastian said, "We didn't even go there, didn't even ask her." He approached Australian artists, but none were interested, and because of this "Art of Love" was originally recorded as a solo for the album. Sebastian then decided to submit the song to Sparks. He said, "I thought deep down that it was supposed to have Jordin on there so I sent it to her. Literally overnight, she came back and said she loved the song and would love to do it as soon as she came off tour with Britney." The album release was delayed so Sebastian could fly to New York to record Sparks' vocals. He returned to the US in November 2009 to film the video with her. Sebastian included an acoustic solo version of "Art of Love" on his album Twenty Ten released in November 2010.
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