Shades of Grey (Delilah song)

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"Shades of Grey"
Single by Delilah
from the album From the Roots Up
Released14 September 2012
Recorded2011
Genre Neo soul, ambient, trip hop, R&B
Length3:53
Label Warner Music
Songwriter(s) Paloma Ayana, Reginald Perry
Producer(s) Ayana, Syience (additional production: Balistiq)
Delilah singles chronology
"Inside My Love"
(2012)
"Shades of Grey"
(2012)
"Never Be Another"
(2012)

"Shades of Grey" is a single recorded by British singer Delilah. The song was released as a digital download single on 18 December 2011 in the United Kingdom as the fifth single from her debut album, From the Roots Up . The song was written and produced by Paloma Ayana and Reginald Perry.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Shades of Grey" was first released onto YouTube on 20 August 2012 at a total length of four minutes. As of October 2016, the video has received over 1.47 million views. [1]

Track listing

Album version
No.TitleLength
1."Shades of Grey"3:53
UK Digital download [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Shades of Grey" (MJ Cole Remix)5:45
2."Shades of Grey" (MJ Cole Dub)5:32
3."Shades of Grey" (SpectraSoul Remix)5:24
4."Shades of Grey" (SpectraSoul Remix Instrumental)5:24

Chart performance

Chart (2012)Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [3] 119

Release history

CountryRelease dateFormatLabel
United Kingdom14 September 2012 [2] Digital download Warner Music

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References

  1. Delilah - Shades of Grey [Official Video. YouTube
  2. 1 2 iTunes - Music - Shades of Grey (Remixes) - EP by Delilah
  3. "New Chart Entries > September 29, 2012". Zobbel.de. 2012-09-29.