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release date: 6. August 2012 chart: UK #86, iTunesUK #1, US #- The first single released from "Elysium" album was entitled "Winner" and was given its world premiere on Monday morning, July 2nd, on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 in the UK. On the next day, July 3rd, the track was available for purchase from iTunes. On August 6th, the single was released on CD and as two digital bundles. CD and first digital bundle contains "Winner (album version)" and three bonus tracks. 'A certain "Je ne sais quoi"' was originally written and recorded in 2007 and recently reworked by Chris and Neil. 'The way through the woods' was recorded in Los Angeles during the 'Elysium' sessions but Neil and Chris did more work on it subsequently, creating a much longer version. It is a setting of a poem by Rudyard Kipling. 'I started a joke' is a cover of a Bee Gees song from the 60s and is intended as a tribute to the late Robin Gibb. All three bonus tracks have been mixed by Bob Kraushaar. A second digital bundle contains remixes of 'Winner', including mixes by John Dahlback and Niki And The Dove. Like the rest of the album, "Winner" was produced in Los Angeles by Andrew Dawson and Pet Shop Boys. It has an orchestral arrangement by Joachim Horsley, Andrew Dawson and Ben Leathers. promotional video Director of Photography - Marc Gómez del Moral. Editor - Ed Cheesman at Final Cut. Production Company - Colonel Blimp. Producers - Tamsin Glasson, Tiernan Hanby. Video Commissioner - Oliver Hammerton. Director's Rep. - Nathan James Tettey. Sound - Sam Ashwell, Sound Mixer - @750mph 750mph, Sound Company. Editorial - Aline Sinquin. Art Department - Jenny Ray. Casting Department - Belinda Norcliff Directed by: Surrender Monkeys |
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DL: 2012 UK (Parlohone; -) [1 track, 2 July]
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DL: 2012 UK (Parlohone; 5099991418852) [digital bundle 1]
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DL: 2012 UK (Parlohone; 5099997822851) [digital bundle 2]
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