Fidelity (song)

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"Fidelity"

Single by Regina Spektor
from the album Begin to Hope
Released	September 25th, 2006 March 8, 2007
Format	Digital download, CD Single
Genre	anti-folk, alternative pop
Length	3:46
Label	Sire
Writer(s)	Regina Spektor
Producer(s)	Regina Spektor; David Kahne
Chart positions
#45 (UK) #51 (U.S.)
Regina Spektor singles chronology
"On the Radio" (2006)	"Fidelity" (2006)	-- (2007)
UK Single Cover Pt. 1

"Fidelity" is an alternative pop song from singer-songwriter Regina Spektor released in the fall of 2006. It marked Spektor's first Billboard 100 hit and is her most successful track to date. Despite a release date of September 25th and with its popular music video released even earlier, the song did not hit the charts until December. The single was released in the UK in a two part single on March 8, 2007.

1 Music video
2 Trivia
3 Charts
4 External links

[edit] Music video

Regina Spektor in the music video for "Fidelity"

The video features Spektor in a black and white dress in an abstract environment enjoying tea alone. The room and decor are also black and white.

As the video progresses, an empty suit is shown, which Spektor coverses with as though it were a real companion.

Near the end of the video, Spektor drops a heart pendant on the ground, revealing colored dust. A man appears in the suit, and the two then play with the dust, and join hands as the video ends.

[edit] Trivia

The television show Veronica Mars used the song "Fidelity" in episode 3x03 Wichita Linebacker. The song was used as the back drop in a key romantic moment between the on-again/off-again couple of Veronica Mars and Logan Echolls. The song has also been used in an advertisement for the new Yahoo!Xtra web portal.

[edit] Charts

"Fidelity" initially made an appearance on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart at #8 (The equivalent to a #108) on December 6th. Two weeks later, Spektor made her first appearance in her career on the Billboard Hot 100 as "Fidelity" entered at #98. It climbed for the following two weeks before disappearing and then reappearing at #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #36 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs early 2007.