A Song for the Lovers

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"A Song for the Lovers"

Single by Richard Ashcroft
from the album Alone with Everybody
Released	3 April 2000
Format	CD, 12", Cassette
Recorded	?
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	5:39
Label	Hut Records
Producer(s)	Chris Potter Richard Ashcroft
Chart positions
#3 (UK Singles Chart)
Richard Ashcroft singles chronology
	"A Song for the Lovers" (2000)	"Money to Burn" (2000)

"A Song for the Lovers" is a song by English singer-songwriter Richard Ashcroft and is the opening track on his 2000 album, Alone with Everybody. It was the first single from the album, released 3 April 2000 (see 2000 in British music).

[edit] Track listings

CD HUTCD128, 12" HUTT128, Cassette HUTC128

"A Song for the Lovers" - 5:39
"(Could Be) A Country Thing, City Thing, Blues Thing" - 6:33
"Precious Stone" - 5:23

[edit] Music video

The video is of narrative style. It is shot in real-time and all the sounds made in the movie are audible above the music, giving the feeling that we are witnessing an actual event. This style of filmmaking was used by Glazer before in the "Rabbit In Your Headlights" video.

It shows Richard with just a pair of trousers on, apparently having just come out of the shower. He is in a hotel room. He turns on a stereo and the song starts playing. He makes a call to request room service. Then he goes out of his room and into the hall, looks around and goes back inside. He goes into the bathroom, where he washes his hands and tidies up his hair a little bit. While he is in the bathroom, we hear knocks on the door, but Richard doesn't. When he steps out of the bathroom, a food cart is in the middle of the room. He sits down and starts to eat. Then the light of the bathroom flickers on and off. A few seconds later Richard pauses the song and listens. He starts the song again and resumes eating. Then pauses again and turns towards the bathroom, the light of which is on. He walks towards the bathroom and we feel as if he intends to find something or someone there. He reaches the end of the bathroom, and with a sideways shot of his face, we hear the tinkle of water hitting water. Richard coughs and the song starts again. The final shot shows Richard standing in front of the toilet from outside of the bathroom. The camera pulls back as every light in the room turns off by itself except for the one in the bathroom.

All throughout the video, Richard sings little bits of the song, so we hear two voices, the one of Richard in the song and the one of Richard in the video.