After All (Delerium song)
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| Single by Delerium featuring Jaël | ||
| from the album Chimera | ||
| Released | June 30, 2003 | |
| Format | 12", CD | |
| Genre | Dance, pop | |
| Length | 4:06 | |
| Label | Nettwerk | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber | |
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| Delerium chronology | ||
| "Underwater" (2001) |
"After All" (2003) |
"Truly" (2004) |
"After All" is a song by Canadian electronic music group Delerium, with vocals provided by Swiss singer Jaël. It was the first single released from the album Chimera.
[edit] Song
In accordance with the style taken by Delerium on Chimera, "After All" fits the pop music mold more than most, if not all, of the group's music produced to date. This is evident in the song's structure – taking the traditional verse-chorus form of contemporary pop rock, as well as tighter songwriting, with a complete absence of the extended ambient musical sections present in Delerium songs as recent as on Poem.
The pop music form is also recognisible in the instruments in the song, including prominent use of acoustic guitar riffs.
The song received minor airplay on adult contemporary format radio stations as a result of these factors, which made the song more in line with the style of much of current mainstream music.
[edit] Releases
The single release, as with all prior Delerium single releases since "Silence", was designed to market the song for club play. As in those cases, remixers were commissioned, this time from Svenson & Gielen, who had remixed previous Delerium songs as Airscape, and Satoshi Tomiie.
In addition, a remix contest held by label Nettwerk in the months before Chimera's release solicited remixes from amateur producers, with the prize being the inclusion of the winning remix on the album. The winning entry by Andrew Sega was also included on some releases of the single, as well as another entry, by Adrian Schubert.
A music video was also produced, directed by Stephen Scott. It showed singer Jaël exploring a deserted, seemingly post-apocalyptic city. Two edits were produced, one to the album edit and another to the Svenson & Gielen remixed edit of the song; each version includes one or two brief shots not seen in the other, though they largely consist of the same footage re-sequenced.
