Proof (I Am Kloot song)

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"Proof"
Song by I Am Kloot
from the album I Am Kloot
Released15 September 2003 (2003-09-15) [1]
Length2:46
Label The Echo Label
Songwriter(s) John Bramwell
Producer(s) Chris Potter
"Proof"
Song by I Am Kloot
from the album Sky at Night
Released5 July 2010 (2010-07-05) [2]
Length2:51
Label Shepherd Moon / EMI
Songwriter(s) John Bramwell
Producer(s) Guy Garvey & Craig Potter

"Proof" is a song by English band I Am Kloot, and exists in a number of versions released between 2001 and 2010. The song has been released as a single twice in 2004 and then 2010, and has a music video by British filmmaker Krishna Stott featuring the actor Christopher Eccleston.

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Release

A demo version of "Proof" was released in 2001 as a B-side on the single "Morning Rain" from the album Natural History . [3] [4] This version is also included on the compilation album B from 2009.

In 2003, the song appeared on I Am Kloot's self-titled second album. Even after the production of a video for "Proof" (by Krishna Stott and featuring Christopher Eccleston), their then record label, Echo, shelved the release. "Proof" was released on 21 June 2004 as a download-only single, [1] but it did not receive its intended, full release.

Finally, in 2010, a remodelling of the song was produced for their fifth studio album, Mercury nominated Sky at Night . This new version of "Proof" was released as a download-only single on 6 September 2010 [5] – the second single, following "Northern Skies". This single also saw the release of the original music video with the new audio, again in September 2010.

Music video

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Proof music video

The music video for "Proof" is a nearly three minute long take, an intense close-up of the face of British actor Christopher Eccleston ( Doctor Who , The Leftovers ).

It was directed by film, multimedia, and transmedia artist Krishna Stott ( Crimeface , Secret Story Network ). In an interview with City Life , Stott said "It's one of the nicest things I've made [...] It's one shot: Christopher Eccleston just delivering emotions along with the song. He does it with such aplomb - it's quite breathtaking." [6] Originally filmed in 2003 for the projected 2004 release, the video finally came out - re-mastered to widescreen and with the new version of the song - in 2010. Subsequently, the original version of the video with song have been leaked online.

Single track listings

2004 release: [7]

  1. "Proof"
  2. "Junk Culture"
  3. "Same Deep Water as Me (live at the Ritz- Manchester)"
  4. "Proof" (music video)

The original version of "Junk Culture" appeared on You, Me and the Alarm Clock (1989) – a solo album of John Bramwell, then known as Johnny Dangerously.

2010 release: [8]

  1. "Proof (Radio Edit)" 2:39
  2. "Proof (Original Demo – 1999)" 2:47

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