"Paris Is Burning" | ||||
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Single by Ladyhawke | ||||
from the album Ladyhawke | ||||
B-side | "Paris S'enflamme" | |||
Released | 30 June 2008 | |||
Genre | Synth-pop [1] | |||
Length | 3:49 | |||
Label | Modular | |||
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Producer(s) | Kid Gloves | |||
Ladyhawke singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Paris Is Burning" on YouTube |
"Paris Is Burning" is a song by New Zealand singer Ladyhawke, released on 30 June 2008 as the second single from her self-titled debut studio album. It was written by Ladyhawke, Roy Kerr and Anu Pillai and produced by the latter two under the name Kid Gloves. The single is Ladyhawke's first to receive a physical release. On 6 July 2008, it was released in the United States. The song has been featured in season three of Ugly Betty , as a theme song for the French television series Paris 16e and Le Grand Journal 's "coming next" sequence, and remixed for the beginning of a CSI: Miami episode in the seventh season.[ citation needed ]
"Paris Is Burning" debuted at number 61 on the UK Singles Chart, dropping 39 places to number 100 the following week. It entered the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 40, making it Ladyhawke's highest-charting song. In Australia it peaked at number 52, despite the song being in heavy rotation on Channel V Australia.
The track was re-released on 2 March 2009 as a digital download and limited-edition 7-inch vinyl. The reissue attained a new peak position of number 47 on the UK chart.
The video for "Paris Is Burning" includes Ladyhawke walking through a street with a wolf ahead of her, intermittently showing her walking through falling feathers, electric sparks, and bits of plastic. She also carries a drunk man and is followed by people for portions of the music video before she walks into a bright light in the distance with the wolf, car alarms blaring as the video fades. The video was directed by Danish director Casper Balslev.
CD
(MODCDS058; Released: 7 July 2008)
UK 7-inch single
(MODVL 97; Released: 2008)
UK 7-inch single
(MODVL 98; Released: 2008)
US digital EP [2]
(Released: 2008)
European digital single
(Released: 2 March 2009)
Limited white 7-inch single
(MODVL113; Released: 2 March 2009) Limited to 600 copies
Other versions
Chart (2008–2009) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [3] | 52 |
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [4] | 5 |
Global Dance Tracks ( Billboard ) [5] | 33 |
Scotland (OCC) [6] | 29 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [7] | 40 |
UK Singles (OCC) [8] | 47 |
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