SONG OF THE DAY
“Addicted To Love” by Florence + The Machine ([Addicted To Love single], Universal Island Records, 2009). Written by Robert Palmer.
HOW I FOUND IT
This incredible version was featured on this season’s So You Think You Can Dance (season 4). Isn’t this version sick? The quiet a cappella at the beginning, the sick instrumentalization coming slowly into the song. Her voice. The drums. The slight echo. AWE-SOME!!!
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– “Addicted to Love” is a song by Robert Palmer first released in 1986.
– The song has now become known as his signature song, thanks in part to a highly popular video featuring high fashion models.
– The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as spending two weeks atop the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, and it peaked at #5 on the UK Singles Chart.
– Originally intended to be a duet with Chaka Khan, her record company at the time wouldn’t grant her a release to work on Palmer’s label, Island Records. Chaka Khan is still credited for the vocal arrangements in the album liner notes.
– The song is also notable for the unaccompanied drum opening, which plays at 7/4. The rest of the song is in common 4/4 time.