New Love in Town

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"New Love in Town"
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Single by Europe
from the album Last Look at Eden
Released3 September 2009 (Scandinavia)
2 October 2009 (Europe)
24 January 2010 (UK)
Format Digital download
Genre Rock, hard rock
Label earMUSIC
Songwriter(s) Joey Tempest, Mic Michaeli, Andreas Carlsson, Europe
Producer(s) Tobias Lindell, Europe
Europe singles chronology
"Last Look at Eden"
(2009)		"New Love in Town"
(2009)		"Not Supposed to Sing the Blues"
(2012)

"New Love in Town" is a hard rock ballad, that was the second single released from the Swedish heavy metal band Europe's eighth studio album, Last Look at Eden . The single was released as a digital download on 3 September 2009. It was written about Joey Tempest's son's birth.

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with keyboards.

Single (music) Type of music release usually containing one or two tracks

In the music industry, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album.

Sweden constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund Strait. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. The capital city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.3 million of which 2.5 million have a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi) and the highest urban concentration is in the central and southern half of the country.

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In August 2009, Europe went to Gothenburg to work with director Patric Ullaeus on the video for the single. [1] [2] The video was premiered on Europe's MySpace page on 5 September 2009. [3]

Patric Ullaeus is a Swedish director and photographer. He is the founder of Revolver Film Company, based in Gothenburg.

Track listing

UK maxi single

  1. "New Love in Town" (Joey Tempest, Mic Michaeli, Andreas Carlsson, Europe) – 3:33
  2. "The Beast" (Joey Tempest, John Levén, Europe) – 3:23
  3. "Last Look at Eden" [live] (Joey Tempest, Andreas Carlsson, Europe) – 4:49

Personnel

Joey Tempest Swedish singer

Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson, professionally known as Joey Tempest, is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead singer and main songwriter of the rock band Europe. He has written hits which include "The Final Countdown", "Rock the Night", "Cherokee" and "Superstitious".

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

John Norum Swedish musician

John Terry Norum is a Norwegian/Swedish rock guitarist and one of the founders of the Swedish rock band Europe. As an infant, he moved with his parents to Upplands Väsby in Sweden, where he grew up and has spent most of his life. Concurrent to his role with Europe, he also maintains a career as a solo artist.

Chart positions

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Swedish Singles Chart [4] 15

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Mic Michaeli Swedish musician

Gunnar Mathias "Mic" Michaeli is a Swedish keyboardist in the Swedish rock band Europe. Like many of the other Europe members he grew up in Stockholm suburb Upplands Väsby. He joined the band for their Wings of Tomorrow tour in 1984, taking vocalist Joey Tempest's place behind the keyboards.

<i>Start from the Dark</i> 2004 studio album by Europe

Start from the Dark is the sixth studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was released on 22 September 2004 by Sanctuary Records. It was the band's first release since reforming in 2003, the first original album of all-new material since 1991's Prisoners in Paradise, and the first album to feature the band's original guitarist John Norum since 1986's The Final Countdown.

Carrie (Europe song) song by Europe

"Carrie" is a power ballad by the Swedish hard rock band Europe released in 1987. It was the third single released internationally from the album The Final Countdown, and it is their highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart—peaking at #3 during the fall of 1987. The track on the B-side of the 7" single was "Love Chaser".

Rock the Night (song) 1985 single by Europe

"Rock the Night" is a single released by the Swedish glam metal band Europe. The song was written by vocalist Joey Tempest in 1984 and premiered on the band's Wings of Tomorrow tour the same year.

Cherokee (Europe song)

"Cherokee" is a 1987 single released by the Swedish band Europe. It was the fourth single released internationally from the album The Final Countdown, and reached number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.

Superstitious (song) single by Europe

"Superstitious" is a 1988 single released by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was the first single released from the album Out of This World. It charted at #31 in the Billboard Hot 100, #9 at the Mainstream Rock Tracks and #34 in the UK Singles Chart. It is the last Europe song to chart in the US.

<i>Secret Society</i> (album) 2006 studio album by Europe

Secret Society is the seventh studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was released on October 25, 2006, by Sanctuary Records. "We think it's one of the strongest albums that Europe has ever done," vocalist Joey Tempest said, "There is definitely some more melodic stuff on this one. Start from the Dark was very raw and made a statement, which is cool but for us it felt like a debut album in a way, so we wanted to branch out a bit on this one and take it to new levels."

Always the Pretenders 2006 single by Europe

"Always the Pretenders" is a 2006 single released by the Swedish rock band Europe. It is the first single from Europe's album Secret Society, and was released on 11 October 2006. The single peaked at number 2 on the Swedish singles chart.

Seven Doors Hotel single by Europe

"Seven Doors Hotel", written by Joey Tempest, was the first single released from the Swedish heavy metal band Europe's self-titled debut album. It was a big hit in Japan, reaching the Top 10. It was one of the first songs he ever wrote.

Halfway to Heaven (Europe song) 1992 single by Europe

"Halfway to Heaven" is a 1992 single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was the third single from their album Prisoners in Paradise. The single charted at number 42 in the United Kingdom.

Got to Have Faith 2004 single by Europe

"Got to Have Faith" is a 2004 single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was released on September 15, 2004, and was the first single from the album Start from the Dark.

Hero (Europe song) 2004 single by Europe

"Hero" is a 2004 single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was released on September 20, 2004, as the second single from the band's album Start from the Dark. The song was written by vocalist Joey Tempest as a tribute to Phil Lynott, the frontman of the Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy, and was inspired by a meeting between Tempest and Lynott.

<i>Almost Unplugged</i> 2009 film

Almost Unplugged is a live album by the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was released on CD on 17 September 2008 and on DVD on 19 August 2009.

More Than Meets the Eye (song) 1989 single by Europe

"More Than Meets the Eye" is a 1989 single released by the Swedish rock Europe. It was the fourth single released from the band's fourth studio album Out of This World. It was only released in France, Spain and Japan.

<i>Last Look at Eden</i> 2009 studio album by Europe

Last Look at Eden is the eighth studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was released on September 9, 2009 in Sweden by Universal and was released on September 14, 2009 in the UK, by Edel Music's international rock music label earMUSIC.

Last Look at Eden (song) 2009 single by Europe

"Last Look at Eden" is the first single to be released from the Swedish heavy metal band Europe's eighth studio album, Last Look at Eden. It was released on 8 June 2009.

<i>Live! At Shepherds Bush, London</i> 2011 film

Live at Shepherd's Bush, London is a DVD by the Swedish hard rock band Europe. The main feature is a concert filmed at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire in London, England on 19 February 2011. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 15 June 2011.

<i>Bag of Bones</i> (album) 2012 studio album by Europe

Bag of Bones is the ninth studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was released on April 18, 2012 in Japan by Victor Entertainment and on April 25 in Sweden by Gain Music Entertainment. Bag of Bones is the first Europe album to chart in UK Top 100 Albums since Prisoners in Paradise in 1991 and also entered in UK Top 40 Rock Albums at number 3.

Not Supposed to Sing the Blues 2012 single by Europe

"Not Supposed to Sing the Blues" is the first single released from the Swedish rock band Europe's ninth studio album, Bag of Bones. It was released as a digital download on March 9, 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "Europe back to Gothenburg". revolver.se. Archived from the original on 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-09-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2012-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Swedish Singles Chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
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