"Songs Remind Me of You" is a song by Norwegian recording artist Annie from her second studio album, Don't Stop

Don't Stop (Annie album)

Don't Stop is the second studio album by Norwegian recording artist Annie. Originally intended for a 2008 release on UK-based Island Records, the planned release date was pushed back...

. Written by Richard X

Richard X

Richard Philips, best known by his stage name Richard X, is a British songwriter and music producer. Gaining attention as a pioneer of the bootleg craze, Richard X has earned success as a producer and remixer. He has helmed hit singles for artists including Annie, Kelis, Liberty X, Rachel Stevens...

 and Hannah Robinson

Hannah Robinson

Hannah Robinson is a British songwriter. Her best known compositions include the "Some Girls", a UK #2 for British pop star Rachel Stevens and Ladyhawke's "My Delirium". She also a vocalist and in 2006 achieved a #1 on the U.S...

, the track was released digitally on 17 August 2009 as the album's lead single

Lead single

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Background

The song, described as "Annie's first true four-to-the-floor anthem leading to dancefloor abandon", was produced by Richard X

Richard X

Richard Philips, best known by his stage name Richard X, is a British songwriter and music producer. Gaining attention as a pioneer of the bootleg craze, Richard X has earned success as a producer and remixer. He has helmed hit singles for artists including Annie, Kelis, Liberty X, Rachel Stevens...

. It dates back to 2006, recorded with Richard X in London

London

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 during the earlier sessions for Don't Stop.

Release and reception

"Songs Remind Me of You" was first released on a Don't Stop album sampler in April 2008, and it later leaked with the rest of the album in summer 2008. After Annie left Island Records

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

, a revised edition of the album was released through Annie's own label Totally Records and Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

-based indie label Smalltown Supersound

Smalltown Supersound

Smalltown Supersound is an independent record label based in Oslo, Norway, and dedicated to new forms of jazz, rock and electronic music.Their catalog features albums by Annie, Jaga Jazzist, 120 Days, Mental Overdrive, Bjørn Torske, Mats Gustafsson and Sonic Youth, amongst others.In 2004, the...

 in November 2009. "Songs Remind Me of You" was released as its lead single via iTunes

ITunes Store

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 on 17 August 2009.

The track received critical acclaim upon its release. Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson (journalist)

Peter Robinson is a British music journalist. He is the creator of the pop music-based blog Popjustice. Robinson first came to the attention of music fans with his self-published biography/fanzine of The KLF, Justified and Ancient History...

 of Popjustice

Popjustice

Popjustice is a music website founded in 2000 and is the work of UK freelance music journalist Peter Robinson, who has worked for NME, The Guardian, Attitude and many others....

 simply called the song "amazing". Ian Wade of BBC Music

BBC Music

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 described it as "a blinding snort-up of amyl disco

Disco

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 strobe-fest proportions, which throws in a bit of Mel & Kim

Mel and Kim

Mel and Kim were a British pop duo, comprising sisters Melanie and Kim Appleby. They achieved success between 1986 and 1988 before Melanie succumbed to cancer.-Biography:...

 just in case it wasn't quite rapturous enough." Slant Magazine

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's Sal Cinquemani referred to the song as "a rollicking Italo disco

Italo disco

Italo disco encompasses much of the dance music output in Europe during the 1980s. It is one of the world's first forms of mostly electronic dance music and evolved during the late 1970s and early 1980s in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and other parts of Europe...

 nugget." Bradley Stern of MuuMuse viewed it as a mixture of "lush disco, breathy vocals, and intergalactic swarms of electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

." Kasia Galazka from Pitchfork Media

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 scored the track eight out of ten, and deemed it to be "Best New Music" for 27 October 2009, stating that the song is "happily 80s meta-pop, and the quicksand melody in the chorus is infatuating."

The song is featured in a scene of the 2010 film Sex and the City 2

Sex and the City 2

Sex and the City 2 is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Patrick King. It is the sequel to the 2008 film Sex and the City, which is based on the HBO TV series of the same name....

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