Crickets Sing for Anamaria

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"Crickets Sing for Anamaria" was originally a track from Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto's 1965 album Takin' Verve, and was produced by the Homali Brothers, a Brazilian Latin jazz pop production team. The song was a minor hit in South America, but it became even bigger when the track was re-worked by Brazilian bossa nova musician Marcos Valle in 1967, under the title "Os Grilos" (Portuguese for "The Crickets"), which was featured on his album Samba '68. The song is cited as a popular Latin jazz favourite to this day.

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[edit] Emma Bunton version

“Crickets Sing for Anamaria”
“Crickets Sing for Anamaria” cover
British CD 1 cover
Single by Emma
from the album Free Me
B-side "Eso Beso", "So Nice (Summer Samba)"
Released 31 May 2004 (UK)
Format CD single
Recorded Sarm West Studios
(London)
Genre Pop, samba
Length 2:46
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Marcos Valle, Ray Gilbert
Producer Mike Peden
Emma singles chronology
"I'll Be There"
(2004)		 "Crickets Sing for Anamaria"
(2004)		 "Downtown"
(2006)
Alternate cover
British CD 2 cover
British CD 2 cover
Audio sample
Info "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" (help·info)

English pop singer Emma Bunton's recording of "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" became the fourth and final single from her second solo album Free Me, released in 2004. Despite its harder beat and grittier sound, the impact of Free Me was beginning to wear off; "Crickets" debuted and peaked at number fifteen on the UK Singles Chart, her second single not to reach the top ten (the first being "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight"). It sold 25,000 copies. However, the single did manage to hit the number-one spot on the UK Club Chart. The video for the song was directed by Harvey & Carolyn, who also worked with her on one of her previous videos, "Maybe".

The track was also covered by English reggae-pop duo Louchie Lou & Michie One in 1996, taken from their second album Danger-Us.

For the B-sides Bunton covered Paul Anka's "Eso Beso" and Marcos Valle's "So Nice (Summer Samba)". The only original B-side was the Latino remix of "Maybe".

[edit] Track listings and formats

British CD 1
  1. "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" (Original Radio Edit) – 2:46
  2. "Eso Beso" – 3:14
  3. "So Nice (Summer Samba)" – 3:11
  4. "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" (Element's Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty Mix) – 4:13
British CD 2
  1. "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" (Original Radio Edit) – 2:46
  2. "Maybe" (Latino Version) – 3:54

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Euro 200[1] 46
Irish Singles Chart[2] 40
UK Singles Chart[2] 15

[edit] References

  1. ^ Euro 200 archives. APC-stats. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  2. ^ a b Emma Bunton – Crickets Sing For Anamaria – Music Charts. αCharts.us. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
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