"Apple Crumble" | ||||
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Single by Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
from the EP Cordi Elba | ||||
Released | 24 September 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
Genre | Indie pop | |||
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Producer(s) | Dave K. Haddad | |||
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"Apple Crumble" on YouTube |
"Apple Crumble" is a song by Australian alternative rock duo Lime Cordiale and English actor and musician Idris Elba,released through Chugg Music and 7Wallace Music on 23 September 2021 as the lead single from their collaborative extended play, Cordi Elba (2022). "Apple Crumble" was recorded whilst Elba was in Australia filming Thor:Love and Thunder (2022),and was written by Oliver Leimbach,Louis Leimbach,and Elba,alongside the song's producer,Dave K. Haddad.
At the 2022 ARIA Music Awards,the song was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Video. [4]
At the APRA Music Awards of 2023,the song was nominated for Most Performed Alternative Work of the Year. [5]
UK independent wrestler Connor Allbright currently uses the song as his entrance music.
In early 2021,Elba was in Australia to film Thor:Love and Thunder (2022),and met Lime Cordiale after being introduced to their music. [6] Following this,the pair invited him into their recording studio to record a guest appearance on one of their songs. The recording sessions resulted in multiple songs being made,which formed a mini-album. [7] On 14 March 2021,Elba joined Lime Cordiale on stage at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney,to rap a new verse during a performance of "Unnecessary Things",a song from the deluxe edition of the latter's second studio album, 14 Steps to a Better You (2020). [8] [9] Following this performance,Chugg Music executive Michael Chugg revealed to the Daily Telegraph that the duo had worked with Elba on new music together. [10]
On 16 September,the duo announced the single and revealed its release date. [11] "Apple Crumble" was released for digital download and streaming on 24 September 2021. [3] [2] Alongside the song's release,they announced the forthcoming release of a collaborative mini-album,titled Cordi Elba. [7] [12]
Tyler Jenke,writing for Rolling Stone Australia ,called the collaboration "a bouncy,breezy showcase of their respective talents [that] is pure Lime Cordiale" and labelled Elba's vocals "slick". [7] Scenestr staff writers called the track "a fun ride through jaunty indie pop". [13]
On 22 January 2022,"Apple Crumble" was voted number 14 in Triple J's annual Hottest 100 competition of 2021. [14]
On 27 September 2021,"Apple Crumble" was added to rotation on Australian youth broadcaster Triple J. [1] On 2 October 2021,the song debuted at number 68 on the Australian Radiomonitor Top 100 Airplay Chart. [15] It subsequently rose 14 places to number 54 the following week, [16] before falling to number 90 in its third week on the chart. [17]
In January 2022,children's band The Wiggles,released their cover version of Apple Crumble which appeared on their album ReWiggled. [18]
Lime Cordiale
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Various | 24 September 2021 |
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Australia Airplay (Radiomonitor) [17] | 54 |
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