| "Songs Remind Me of You" | ||||
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| Single by Annie | ||||
| from the album Don't Stop | ||||
| Released | 17 August 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
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| Length | 4:06 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Richard X | |||
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"Songs Remind Me of You" is a song by Norwegian singer Annie from her second studio album, Don't Stop (2009). Written by Richard X and Hannah Robinson, the track was released digitally on 17 August 2009 as the album's lead single.
The song, described as "Annie's first true four-to-the-floor anthem leading to dancefloor abandon", was produced by Richard X. [3] It dates back to 2006, [4] recorded with Richard X in London during the earlier sessions for Don't Stop. [5]
"Songs Remind Me of You" was first released on a Don't Stop album sampler in April 2008, [6] and it later leaked with the rest of the album that year. After Annie left Island Records, a revised edition of the album was released through Annie's own label Totally Records and Oslo-based indie label Smalltown Supersound in November 2009. [7] "Songs Remind Me of You" was released as its lead single via iTunes on 17 August 2009. [8] It was reissued digitally on 20 July 2010, featuring brand-new cover art and a remix by Australian trio The Swiss. [9]
The track received critical acclaim upon its release. Peter Robinson of Popjustice simply called the song "amazing." [10] Ian Wade of BBC Music described it as "a blinding snort-up of amyl disco strobe-fest proportions, which throws in a bit of Mel & Kim just in case it wasn't quite rapturous enough." [11] Slant Magazine 's Sal Cinquemani referred to the song as "a rollicking Italo disco nugget." [2] Pitchfork 's Kasia Galazka scored the track eight out of ten and gave it a "Best New Music" designation, commenting that it is "happily 80s meta-pop, and the quicksand melody in the chorus is infatuating." [12] Bradley Stern of MuuMuse praised it as a mixture of "lush disco, breathy vocals, and intergalactic swarms of electronica." [13]
The original song was featured in the 2010 film Sex and the City 2 , and the Swiss remix was featured in the 2015 film We Are Your Friends .
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| Japan Hot 100 [14] | 60 |
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