Twilight (Cover Drive song)

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"Twilight"
TwilightCoverDrive.jpg
Single by Cover Drive
from the album Bajan Style
B-side "All About You"
Released22 January 2012 (2012-01-22)
Length3:28
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Quiz & Larossi
Cover Drive singles chronology
"Lick Ya Down"
(2011)
"Twilight"
(2012)
"Sparks"
(2012)
Music video
"Twilight" on YouTube

"Twilight" is a song by Barbados-based pop group Cover Drive. The song was written by the band with Swedish production team Quiz & Larossi and Ina Wroldsen. The song was released on 22 January 2012 as a digital download and CD single in the United Kingdom, taken from their debut album, Bajan Style . "Twilight" topped the UK Singles Chart and received a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in October 2020.

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Chart performance

On the week ending 4 February 2012, "Twilight" debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart with sales of 76,109 copies.[ citation needed ] The position marked the group's second consecutive top 10 single after "Lick Ya Down" and first number-one single. The song has sold and streamed 400,000 units in the UK as of October 2020. [1]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Twilight" was filmed. [2] It features a cameo appearance by Survivor: Nicaragua contestant Brenda Lowe in a laundromat.

Track listings

CD single [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Twilight"3:28
2."All About You"3:36
Digital download [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Twilight"3:28
2."Twilight" (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest club mix)4:52
3."Twilight" (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest Dirty Shade remix)5:22
4."Twilight" (Deseca remix)3:33
5."Twilight" (Ruff Loaderz remix)7:09

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [1] Gold400,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionRelease dateFormatLabelRef.
Ireland20 January 2012 Digital download Global Talent [12]
United Kingdom22 January 2012 [13]
23 January 2012 CD single [14]
Germany4 May 2012 Polydor [15]

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