“Love is a Camera” (from English - “Love is a camera”) is the song of British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor from her fifth album Wanderlust (2014) [1] . Ellis-Bextor wrote the song with Ed Harcourt , who also produced the track [2] . Lyrics tell the story of a woman who photographs her victims and keeps their souls in photographs. The musical composition includes parts of the piano, guitar, double bass, as a whole a mixture of tango and baroque [3] [4] . The song was released as the third single from the album on June 23, 2014.
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| Single Sophie Ellis-Bextor from the album Wanderlust | |||||||
| Released | June 23, 2014 | ||||||
| Format | Digital Download , CD | ||||||
| Genre | Tango , baroque , polka | ||||||
| Duration | 4:13 | ||||||
| Producer | Ed harcourt | ||||||
| Songwriters | Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Ed Harcourt | ||||||
| Label | EBGB's | ||||||
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The song received mixed, but mostly positive, reviews from music critics. Sophie Muller was invited to shoot the video; The filming process took place in the Italian city of Florence . In the story, Ellis-Bextor represents two characters, one of whom is a “seducer”, and the other is an unsuspecting woman [5] [6] .
There is an orchestral version of the song, which was included in Sophie's collection The Song Diaries (2019) [7] .
Charts
| Charts (2014) | Peak position |
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| United Kingdom (Radiomonitor) [8] | 32 |
| Great Britain ( UK Indie Singles ) [9] | 32 |
Notes
- ↑ Farrell, David. Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Wanderlust PopMatters (May 12, 2014). Date of treatment June 1, 2014.
- ↑ Notes on Wanderlust . EGBG's, 2014.
- ↑ McCormick, Neil. Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wanderlust, review . The Daily Telegraph (January 16, 2014). Date of treatment June 1, 2014.
- ↑ Bruton, Louise Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Wanderlust . The Irish Times (January 17, 2014). Date of treatment June 1, 2014.
- ↑ Muller, Sophie (director). Love Is a Camera . YouTube . (2014). Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ Rowley, Alison. Sophie Ellis-Bextor unveils gothic video for 'Love Is A Camera' . Digital Spy (May 30, 2014). Date of treatment June 3, 2014.
- ↑ Murray, Robin Sophie Ellis-Bextor Launches New Album 'The Song Diaries' . Clash (December 7, 2018). Date of appeal March 15, 2019.
- ↑ UK Airplay Chart of 15 June 2014 . UK Airplay Chart. Radiomonitor .. Date of treatment June 22, 2014. Archived June 22, 2014.
- ↑ UK Indie Top 40 Chart, 15 June 2014 . Official Charts Company . Date of treatment June 22, 2014.