Treading Water (Alex Clare song)

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"Treading Water"
TreadingWater.jpg
Single by Alex Clare
from the album The Lateness of the Hour
Released27 May 2011
Recorded2010
Genre
Length3:38
Label Island
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mike Spencer
Alex Clare singles chronology
"Too Close"
(2011)
"Treading Water"
(2011)
"Not Giving In"
(2012)

"Treading Water" is a song by British singer Alex Clare, from his debut studio album The Lateness of the Hour . It was released on 27 May 2011 as a digital download in the United Kingdom as the third single from the album. The song was written by Jarrad Rogers, Francis White, Alex Clare and produced by Mike Spencer. It has peaked to number 62 on the German Singles Chart. [1]

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Treading Water" was first released onto YouTube on 3 June 2011 at a total length of three minutes and forty-five seconds. [2]

In the music video, We are set in a car park with Alex sitting inside a car with his girlfriend. However the girlfriend then leaves the car angry and walks off leaving Alex behind. In between shots we have Alex singing with the girlfriend crying. Into another verse the car slowly begins to fill with water as it then begins to pour in faster. It then goes into another mix shot between Alex and the girlfriend as the water rises in the car. At the end of the music video Alex is nearly submerged before he opens the car door letting out the water inside the car as the video fades out.

Track listing

Digital download [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Treading Water"3:38
Remix single [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Treading Water" (DC Breaks Remix)4:09
Remixes [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Treading Water" (Radio Edit)3:18
2."Treading Water" (Lenzman Remix)5:12
3."Treading Water" (Noisses Remix)5:30
4."Treading Water" (LBC Remix)5:29

Credits and personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts) [6] 59
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [7] 179

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 27 May 2011Digital download [3] Island

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