Lovesong (Amiel song)
| "Lovesong" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single by Amiel | ||||
| from the album Audio Out | ||||
| B-side | "Games We Play" | |||
| Released | 10 March 2003 | |||
| Length | 3:32 | |||
| Label | Festival Mushroom | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Amiel Daemion | |||
| Producer(s) | Josh Abrahams | |||
| Amiel singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Lovesong" is a song written by American-Australian singer Amiel and produced by Josh Abrahams for Amiel's 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: 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
[edit]Amiel wrote the song in 1999 when she first moved to Sydney.[1] 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."[1] Amiel states that the lyrics were changed to "stupid Lovesong" for radio because "stupid" preserves the sentiment better than a beep.[1]
"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.[2] In March 2003, it debuted at number 13 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, and within five weeks of its release, it had reached the top 10, becoming Amiel's first top-10 single.[3] The single spent 26 weeks on the ARIA Singles Chart, 17 of which were in the top 50.[4] The song went to become Australia's 34th-highest-selling single for 2003, and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awarded the single a platinum certification for shipping 70,000 copies.[4][5] The same year, the song was nominated for two ARIA Awards: the Highest Selling Single and Single of the Year, losing in both categories to "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem.
Legacy
[edit]In 2023, The Sydney Morning Herald named the track the greatest Australian pop song of the 21st century, stating "it’s not simply criminally underrated, it’s perfect....It’s a track that feels so fresh and original today, a decidedly modern earworm brimming with cutting lyrics and bubbling vulnerability. Amiel’s voice is lilting and captivating, and the chorus is an absolute banger."[6]
Track listings
[edit]Australian CD single[7]
- "Lovesong"
- "Lovesong" (censored)
- "Lovesong" (MONUMENT remix)
- "Games We Play"
German CD single[8]
- "Lovesong" – 3:32
- "Lovesong" (censored radio version) – 3:33
- "Lovesong" (Scumfrog remix edit) – 3:47
- "Lovesong" (Scumfrog club mix) – 8:39
- "Lovesong" (video) – 3:32
Charts
[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
|
Year-end charts[edit]
|
Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[5] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
|
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 10 March 2003 | CD | Festival Mushroom | 021062 | [10] |
| Germany | 26 April 2004 | Ministry of Sound | 0000025MIN | [citation needed] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Amiel – Audio Out". Warner Music Australia. Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Amiel Biography from her official website" Archived 6 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine. amiel.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Amiel – Lovesong". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "ARIA Highest Selling Singles 2003". ARIA. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
- ^ a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "We let the greatest Australian pop song of the 21st century pass us by". 7 September 2023.
- ^ Lovesong (Australian CD single liner notes). Amiel. Festival Mushroom Records. 2003. 021062.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Lovesong (German CD single liner notes). Amiel. Ministry of Sound. 2004. 0000025MIN.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Amiel – Lovesong" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 10th March 2003" (PDF). ARIA. 10 March 2003. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
