My Delirium
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| Single by Ladyhawke | ||||
| from the album Ladyhawke | ||||
| B-side | "My Delirium (Sunship Remix) My Delirium (Sugardaddy Remix) My Delirium (Chateau Marmont Remix)" |
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| Released | 8 December 2008 | |||
| Format | Airplay, CD single, digital download | |||
| Genre | New wave, indie rock | |||
| Length | 4:19 | |||
| Label | Modular, Island | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Pip Brown, Pascal Gabriel, Alex Gray, Hannah Robinson | |||
| Producer(s) | Pascal Gabriel | |||
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"My Delirium" is a song performed by New Zealand musician Ladyhawke. The third track on Ladyhawke's eponymous debut album, the song was released as a single on 8 December 2008. The most commercially successful single of Ladyhawke's to date, "My Delirium" sold over 70,000 copies in Australia, peaked at number 9 on the New Zealand Music Charts, number 8 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and has reached the Top 50 in UK and Denmark.
"My Delirium" was written by Ladyhawke, alongside Hannah Robinson and Pascal Gabriel, both of whom Ladyhawke worked with on her previous single. Ladyhawke later said she was looking for high-powered producers to collaborate with. Ladyhawke wrote "My Delirium" after suffering a lack of sleep due to jetlag and feeling a sense of homesickness. According to co-writer Robinson, 'My Delerium' and 'Dusk Till Dawn' were both written on their first and only session together. Ladyhawke, when describing her songwriting process, stated she tries "to keep simple hooky guitar riffs throughout the tracks..." and she "wanted to capture the 'happy sad' vibe that so many eighties classics had."
"My Delirium" received several positive reviews from critics. Nisha Diu of The Sunday Telegraph described "My Delirium" as "...a moody, energetic anthem underscored by insistent drums and a soulful vocal..."Popjustice described the song as "brilliant", and Digital Spy entertainment reporter David Balls labelled the song as a "glorious slice of indie-electronica". In its review, Allmusic said the song "echoes the power pop of The Bangles and The Go-Go's". Frazier McAlpine, on a BBC blog, described "My Delirium" as "a good pop song ... grumpily delivered", and called Ladyhawke's voice "sulky".
The music video for "My Delirium" was directed by Benji Davies and Jim Field, together known as Frater. The video starts with Ladyhawke in a roadside motel looking out the window while packing her bags. The video then transitions into an animated picture on the wall, depicting Ladyhawke leaving the motel and driving along a remote desert road in a Ford Thunderbird (all allusions to Thelma & Louise). As the video continues, the desert road backdrop becomes more unusual, with landmarks such as Mount Rushmore with the heads of cats being passed by, until the bridge, where the car is seen to drive off a cliff and begins to fly (another allusion to Thelma & Louise). The video then continues with Ladyhawke playing the guitar in watercolour, and driving through space. The video finishes by fading out of the picture and back into the now-empty motel room.
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