| "Sophie" | ||||
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| Single by Goodshirt | ||||
| from the album Good | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | Cement | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Goodshirt | |||
| Producer(s) | Goodshirt | |||
| Goodshirt singles chronology | ||||
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"Sophie" is a song by New Zealand band Goodshirt. The track became the band's only New Zealand number-one single in May 2002 and was the 18th-highest-selling single of the year there.
Filmed in a continuous take, the music video shows a young woman listening to music on headphones, unaware that burglars (played by Goodshirt) are behind her, stealing everything in her flat. [1] The video won Best Music Video at the 2003 New Zealand Music Awards. [2]
New Zealand CD single [3]
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Read My Lips is the debut studio album by English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. It was released on 27 August 2001 by Polydor Records. After the disbandment of the Britpop group Theaudience, in which Ellis-Bextor served as vocalist, she was signed to Polydor. Prior to the LP's completion, the singer collaborated with several musicians, including band Blur's bassist Alex James, Moby and New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander. The record was described as a collection of 1980s electronica and 1970s disco music.
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