Lift Me Up (Moby song)

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"Lift Me Up"
Lift Me Up - Moby (Single).jpg
Single by Moby
from the album Hotel
B-side "Mulholland"
Written2004
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2005 (2005-02-28) [1]
Genre Electronica, electronic rock [2] [3] [4]
Length
  • 3:14 (album version)
  • 3:08 (single version)
Label Mute
Songwriter(s) Moby
Producer(s) Moby
Moby singles chronology
"Make Love Fuck War"
(2004)		"Lift Me Up"
(2005)		"Raining Again"
(2005)

"Lift Me Up" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the first single from his seventh studio album, Hotel (2005), on February 28, 2005. It achieved success in many countries, including Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and Spain, where it was a top ten hit.

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Background

Moby claims to have written the song in 2004 after the re-election of President George W. Bush, adding that it reflected his consideration to emigrate to Canada in protest.[ citation needed ] Moby has stated that the theme of the song is about the rise of global intolerance and fundamentalism. [5] The word "Ama" in the chorus ("lift me up, higher now, Ama"), that was often misheard and vastly misinterpreted, was meant to sound like a name of an unspecific deity. According to Moby, it was based on the "ah" sound that commonly appears in the names of God in many languages. [5]

This song originally was to be sung with The Sisters of Mercy's singer Andrew Eldritch and is partly inspired by that band's material.

The female vocal solo in the bridge is performed by singer Shayna Steele.

Use in media

In 2005, the song was used as an outro for Australia's Nine's Wide World of Sports coverage;[ citation needed ] in Italy, in a commercial for Vodafone; [6] and on ITV in the United Kingdom, for the theme of their Formula One coverage from 2006 to 2008. [7] This was remixed with a variety of sounds to give it a faster pace. The song was featured in the racing game Asphalt: Urban GT 2 for N-Gage and Nintendo DS, and was used in the Beatmania series of rhythm games.[ citation needed ] The track was also the theme for Discovery Quest's Expedition Borneo on the Discovery Channel in February 2007.[ citation needed ] As well, the song was featured in the fourteenth episode of the third season of Doctor Who Confidential . [8]

Track listings

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [45] Gold200,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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