Vertigo (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song)

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"Vertigo"
Vertigo by Sophie Ellis-Bextor.jpg
Single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
from the album Perimenopop
Released25 April 2025 (2025-04-25)
Genre Electropop
Length3:31
Label Decca
Songwriters
Producers
Sophie Ellis-Bextor singles chronology
"Relentless Love"
(2025)		"Vertigo"
(2025)		"Taste"
(2025)
Visualiser video
"Vertigo" on YouTube

"Vertigo" is a song by English singer and songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor. [1] It was released on 25 April 2025, through Decca Records, as the third single from her eighth studio album, Perimenopop (2025). [1] [2]

Contents

Background and release

"Vertigo" was written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Hannah Robinson, and James Greenwood, with the latter serving as the producer of the song, with additional production of Richard Jones. [2]

An official visualiser was released alongside the song on 25 April via Ellis-Bextor official VEVO page on YouTube. [3] It features pictures of Ellis-Bextor with the aesthetic of the new album. [4]

Reception

Bradley Stern of MuuMuse dubbed the song as "stunning", praising the composition, the string arrangement, and the "dramatic" bridge. [5] Stern also noted that the production "whirling pulsations harken back to" Ellis-Bextor's 2011 record Make a Scene . [5]

Writing for Jenesaispop , Jordí Bardají awarded the track as the site "Song of the Day". [6] Bardají called the track an "electro-disco bop", describing it as an update on disco music, as it mixes the "melodies of ABBA with electropop", he also compared the song sound to Ellis-Bextor early records, such as Trip the Light Fantastic and Make a Scene. [6]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Apple Music. [7]

Charts

Chart performance for "Vertigo"
Chart (2025)Peak
position
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [8] 81
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [9] 84

Release history

"Vertigo" release history
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Various25 April 2025 [10]

References

  1. 1 2 Rogers, Mandy (2 May 2025). "Listen to "Vertigo" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor". EQ Music Blog. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Sophie Ellis-Bextor Gives Us 'Vertigo' in String-laden New Dance Anthem – Culture Fix". www.culturefix.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "SEllisBextorVEVO Official Channel - Sophie Ellis-Bextor". YouTube. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  4. ↑ SEllisBextorVEVO (24 April 2025). Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Vertigo (Official Visualiser) . Retrieved 8 July 2025– via YouTube.
  5. 1 2 Stern, Bradley (26 April 2025). ""Vertigo": Sophie Ellis-Bextor Has a Touch of the Dizzies". MuuMuse. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  6. 1 2 Bardají, Jordi (28 April 2025). "El bop electro-disco de Sophie Ellis-Bextor da 'Vertigo'". jenesaispop.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Vertigo - Single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor on Apple Music, 25 April 2025, retrieved 8 July 2025
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Downloads Chart on 2/5/2025". Official Charts. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Official Singles Sales Chart on 2/5/2025". Official Charts. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  10. ↑ Vertigo - Single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Spotify, 25 April 2025, retrieved 8 July 2025
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