Lovesong (Amiel song)
Encyclopedia
"Lovesong" is a pop
song written by Amiel Daemion
and produced by Josh Abrahams
for Amiel's first album Audio Out
(2003). It was released as the album's first single in Australia
as a CD single
on 10 March 2003. The song was nominated for two awards at the 2003
ARIA Awards including "Highest Selling Single" and "Single of the Year".
The video shows a split screen of Amiel and a man who both enter a restaurant and sit down. Part way through, they both go to the bathroom and end up coming out on the opposite side of the screen and finish sitting at each other's seat and being brought the other's meal.
"Lovesong" was commercially successful in Australia. On its first week of release to radio it became the most added song to Australian radio for that week. In March 2003, it debuted at number thirteen on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and within five weeks of its release, it had reached the top ten; becoming Amiel's first top ten single. It went to peak at number six and stayed at that position for one week. The single spent twenty-six weeks on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, seventeen of which were in the top fifty. The song went to become the thirty-fourth highest selling single in Australia for 2003 and the Australian Recording Industry Association
awarded the single a platinum certification for shipping 70,000 copies. The song was nominated for two ARIA Awards
as the "Highest Selling Single" and "Single of the Year" for 2003, but lost both awards to "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem
.
Australian CD single
Germany CD single
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
song written by Amiel Daemion
Amiel Daemion
Amiel Muki Daemion born on in New York, is an Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of two and starred in films in the 1990s, including The Silver Brumby which also starred Russell Crowe and Caroline Goodall. Her music career shot to fame...
and produced by Josh Abrahams
Josh G. Abrahams
Josh G. "Puretone" Abrahams is an Australian musician who emerged from the underground dance-music scene in the early 1990s...
for Amiel's first album Audio Out
Audio Out
Audio Out is the first album by the Australian singer Amiel, released in Australia by Festival Records on 18 August 2003 . Produced by Josh Abrahams, the album is filled with a variety of strange pop songs which helped the album to receive favorable reviews...
(2003). It was released as the album's first single in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
as a CD single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...
on 10 March 2003. The song was nominated for two awards at the 2003
ARIA Music Awards of 2003
The 17th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 21 October 2003 at the Sydney Superdome.-ARIA Awards:*Album of the Year**Powderfinger – Vulture Street...
ARIA Awards including "Highest Selling Single" and "Single of the Year".
The video shows a split screen of Amiel and a man who both enter a restaurant and sit down. Part way through, they both go to the bathroom and end up coming out on the opposite side of the screen and finish sitting at each other's seat and being brought the other's meal.
Background and commercial performance
Amiel wrote the song in 1999 when she first moved to Sydney, New South Wales. She states "I went out with this guy, it was three dates, just dinners, it was so irrelevant, it was completely nothing. I was new in town and I wanted something, someone. But it was a waste of time. I thought: great, all I got out of that was a love song, another fucking love song." Amiel states that the lyrics were changed to "stupid Lovesong" for radio because "stupid" preserves the sentiment better than a beep."Lovesong" was commercially successful in Australia. On its first week of release to radio it became the most added song to Australian radio for that week. In March 2003, it debuted at number thirteen on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and within five weeks of its release, it had reached the top ten; becoming Amiel's first top ten single. It went to peak at number six and stayed at that position for one week. The single spent twenty-six weeks on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, seventeen of which were in the top fifty. The song went to become the thirty-fourth highest selling single in Australia for 2003 and the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
awarded the single a platinum certification for shipping 70,000 copies. The song was nominated for two ARIA Awards
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...
as the "Highest Selling Single" and "Single of the Year" for 2003, but lost both awards to "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem
Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
.
Track listing
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Lovesong".Australian CD single
- "Lovesong" — 3:32
- "Lovesong" (censored radio version) — 3:33
- "Lovesong" (Monument remix) — 4:37
- "Games We Play" — 3:55
- Enhanced with "Lovesong" music video — 3:32
Germany CD single
- "Lovesong" — 3:32
- "Lovesong" (censored radio version) — 3:33
- "Lovesong" (Scumfrog remix edit) — 3:47
- "Lovesong" (Scumfrog club mix) — 8:39
- Enhanced with "Lovesong" music video — 3:32
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
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| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
| German Singles Chart | 75 |
Year-End Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 34 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
10 March 2003 | Festival Records Festival Records (Australia) Festival Records was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005.... |
CD CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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| Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
26 April 2004 | Ministry of Sound Ministry of Sound Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and... |
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