Lifening
"Lifening" | ||||
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Single by Snow Patrol | ||||
from the album Fallen Empires | ||||
Released | 3 July 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
Length | 3:30 (Burst to Life Mix) 3:53 (album version) | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Jacknife Lee | |||
Snow Patrol singles chronology | ||||
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"Lifening" is a song by Northern Irish alternative rock group Snow Patrol. The track is the fifth single from the band's sixth studio album, Fallen Empires. It was released as a free digital download on 3 July 2012 from the band's official website.
Background and writing
In various interviews, Lightbody has stated that the song "Lifening" was written after his sister had children. He stated that he felt "his body clock" telling him that it was time to have children himself, and he has stated that the song is his way of trying to work out what he actually wants from life.
Promotion
The single version of the song, Jacknife Lee's "Burst to Life Mix", received its worldwide first play on Radio 1's Review Show with Edith Bowman on 3 July 2012.[1] Lightbody had originally stated that he thought the song would have a "soft" release.[2]
Music video
According to Lightbody's blog,[3] the video for "Lifening" was filmed live during the band's live set at Chicago, as the song "has become a real live moment over the course of this year and we wanted to capture it".
Charts
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[4] | 36 |
References
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- Nathan Connolly
- Gary Lightbody
- Johnny McDaid
- Tom Simpson
- Mark McClelland
- Michael Morrison
- Jonny Quinn
- Paul Wilson
- Songs for Polarbears
- When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
- Final Straw
- Eyes Open
- A Hundred Million Suns
- Fallen Empires
- Wildness
- The Trip: Created by Snow Patrol
- Late Night Tales: Snow Patrol
- Up to Now
- Greatest Hits
- "Little Hide"
- "One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed"
- "Velocity Girl / Absolute Gravity"
- "Starfighter Pilot"
- "Ask Me How I Am"
- "One Night Is Not Enough"
- "Spitting Games"
- "Run"
- "Chocolate"
- "How to Be Dead"
- "You're All I Have"
- "Chasing Cars"
- "Hands Open"
- "Set the Fire to the Third Bar"
- "Open Your Eyes"
- "Shut Your Eyes"
- "Signal Fire"
- "Take Back the City"
- "Crack the Shutters"
- "If There's a Rocket Tie Me to It"
- "The Planets Bend Between Us"
- "Just Say Yes"
- "An Olive Grove Facing the Sea"
- "Called Out in the Dark"
- "This Isn't Everything You Are"
- "New York"
- "In the End"
- "Lifening"
- "The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?)"
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