"A Case for Shame" | ||||
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Single by Moby and Cold Specks | ||||
from the album Innocents | ||||
Released | July 1, 2013 | |||
Recorded | November 2012 | |||
Length | 6:05 | |||
Label | Little Idiot | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Mark "Spike" Stent | |||
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Cold Specks singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Moby - A Case For Shame (with Cold Specks) - Official video" on YouTube |
"A Case for Shame" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the first official single from his eleventh studio album Innocents on July 1,2013. [1] The track is a collaboration with Canadian singer-songwriter Cold Specks.
Moby first came into contact with Cold Specks due to their mutual connection as Mute Records label mates,and after listening to her 2012 album I Predict a Graceful Expulsion ,he invited her to collaborate. [2] The two recorded the songs "A Case for Shame" and "Tell Me",the former in November 2012 while Cold Specks was on tour in the United Kingdom. [2] Cold Specks described the recording process as "a very free,collaborative,creative environment... He was really open to what I was doing and luckily he liked what I was doing and it worked really well." [2]
The music video for "A Case of Shame" was directed by Moby and released on July 17,2013. [3] Filmed in a pool in his Los Angeles home,the clip's premise was described by Moby as being about "an after-life inhabited by people who are concealing themselves because of shame." [3]
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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France (SNEP) [6] | 119 |
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