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Teardrop (Massive Attack song)

"Teardrop"
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Single by Massive Attack featuring Elizabeth Fraser
from the album Mezzanine
Released 27 April 1998
Format
Recorded 1997
Genre Trip hop
Length 5:31
Label Virgin
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Massive Attack featuring Elizabeth Fraser singles chronology
"Risingson"
(1997)
"Teardrop"
(1998)
"Angel"
(1998)
Music video
"Teardrop" on YouTube
Music sample
"Teardrop"
Single by Newton Faulkner
from the album Hand Built by Robots
Released
  • 30 July 2007 (UK)
  • 18 April 2008 (Germany)
  • 29 April 2008 (US)
Recorded Autumn 2005–Spring 2007
Genre
Label Ugly Truth
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Mike Spencer
Newton Faulkner singles chronology
"Dream Catch Me"
(2007)
"Teardrop"
(2007)
"All I Got"
(2007)
"Teardrop"
Single by José González
from the album In Our Nature
Released 12 November 2007
Format
  • CD
  • 7"
  • digital download
Genre Folk
Length 3:22
Label Peacefrog
Writer(s)
Producer(s) José González
José González singles chronology
"Killing for Love"
(2007)
"Teardrop"
(2007)
"Down the Line"
(re-issue)
(2008)
"Teardrop"
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Single by The Collective featuring Wretch 32, Ed Sheeran, Labrinth, Tulisa, Tinchy Stryder, Rizzle Kicks, Ms. Dynamite, Chipmunk, Mz Bratt and Dot Rotten
from the album We Are the Collective
Released 13 November 2011
Format
Recorded 2011
Genre
Length 4:04
Label Polydor
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Children in Need singles chronology
"Love You More"
(2010)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Something New"
(2012)
Gary Barlow singles chronology
"Shame"
(2010)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Sing"
(2012)
Tinchy Stryder singles chronology
"Off the Record"
(2011)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Bright Lights"
(2012)
Ed Sheeran singles chronology
"Lego House"
(2011)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Drunk"
(2012)
Wretch 32 singles chronology
"Hangover"
(2011)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Forgiveness"
(2012)
Labrinth singles chronology
"Earthquake"
(2011)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Last Time"
(2011)
Tulisa singles chronology
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Young"
(2012)
Rizzle Kicks singles chronology
"When I Was a Youngster"
(2011)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Mama Do the Hump"
(2012)
Ms. Dynamite singles chronology
"Neva Soft"
(2011)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Light Up (The World)
(2012)
Chipmunk singles chronology
"Take Off"
(2011)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Bow Wow Wow"
(2012)
Mz Bratt singles chronology
"Speedling"
(2011)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Falling Dawn"
(2012)
Dot Rotten singles chronology
"Keep It on a Low"
(2011)
"Teardrop"
(2011)
"Are You Not Entertained?"
(2012)

"Teardrop" is a song by Massive Attack that was released as a single on 27 April 1998. It is the second single from their third album, Mezzanine, and features lead vocals and lyrics from Elizabeth Fraser, the lead singer for the dream pop band Cocteau Twins. The song became another UK hit for the group, peaking at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song, especially the instrumental portions at the beginning and the end, has been used in numerous TV programmes and movies. The bass drum beat, reminiscent of a heartbeat, samples the Les McCann song "Sometimes I Cry". From 2004 to 2012, it was used as the opening theme of the US medical television series House, M.D. It is also featured as incident music in a 2001 episode of Coronation Street when Sarah Platt is chased.

"Teardrop" was first developed from a simple harpsichord riff picked out in the studio in April 1997. Vowles sent the demo to Madonna as he wanted her to record the vocals for the song (the band had previously worked with her on their 1995 reworking of the song "I Want You"). The two other band members Robert Del Naja and Grantley Marshall wanted Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins to record the vocals, feeling her ethereal style suited the mournful melody and feel of the piece. Madonna was very keen to record the vocals, and was disappointed when the two-to-one vote went in Fraser's favour.


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