Borderline (Tove Styrke song)

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"Borderline"
Tove Styrke - Borderline Cover.jpg
Single by Tove Styrke
from the album Kiddo
Released9 October 2014 (2014-10-09)
Genre Electropop
Length3:23
Label Sony Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Johan T. Karlsson
Tove Styrke singles chronology
"Even If I'm Loud It Doesn't Mean I'm Talking to You"
(2014)		"Borderline"
(2014)		"Ego"
(2015)

"Borderline" is a song by Swedish singer Tove Styrke from her second studio album, Kiddo (2015). The song was released as the album's second single on 9 October 2014 through Sony Music. It is also included on the EP Borderline (2014). Styrke and Janne Kask wrote the song, with production by Johan T. Karlsson. "Borderline" is an electropop song.

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Background

Six months prior to its release, "Borderline" appeared in remixed form by Henning Fürst on a compilation album created as part of the election campaign of Swedish political party Feminist Initiative in April 2014. [1] The official version of the track premiered on Sveriges Radio P3 on 8 October 2014; [2] it was also uploaded to Styrke's SoundCloud account. [3] Sony Music released "Borderline" for digital download and streaming the following day. [2] [4]

Composition and lyrics

"Borderline" is a three-minute and 23-second electropop song with reggae influences. [5] [6] [7] Nolan Feeney of Time described Styrke's vocal style as an "adopted patois". [8]

Reception

"Borderline" received critical acclaim. Mellanie Battolla of The Line of Best Fit wrote that the single established Styrke as "a shape-shifting pop singer that can ease herself in all music genres". [3]

"Borderline" did not enter the Sverigetopplistan singles chart, but received a gold certification by the Swedish Recording Industry Association (GLF), indicating sales of 20,000 units. [9] [10]

Music video

The music video for "Borderline" was filmed in Pyramiden, Svalbard. Piramida Svalbard IMG 7344.JPG
The music video for "Borderline" was filmed in Pyramiden, Svalbard.

Icelandic filmmaker Rúnar Ingi directed the accompanying music video for "Borderline". It was filmed on location in the former mining settlement Pyramiden on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. [11]

Track listing

  1. "Borderline" –3:23
  1. "Borderline" (Salvatore Ganacci remix) –3:00
  1. "Borderline" (Dan Lissvik remix) –4:08
  1. "Borderline" (Vanic remix) –4:16

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the Kiddo liner notes. [15]

Certifications

Certifications for "Borderline"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) [9] Gold20,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Borderline"
CountryDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various9 October 2014Original Sony Music [4]
Sweden16 October 2014 Radio airplay [16]
Various18 November 2014
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Salvatore Ganacci remix [12]
14 December 2014 Dan Lissvik remix [13]
1 April 2015 Vanic remix [14]

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