Relator (song)

"Relator"
Single by Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn
Released May 12, 2009
Format digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre Alternative, Indie
Length 2:33
Label Atco/Rhino
Writer(s) Pete Yorn
Producer Sunny Levine
Peter Yorn chronology
"Don't Wanna Cry"
(2009)		 "Relator"
(2009)

"Relator" is the first single from Break Up, a collaborative album between Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson. It was written and arranged by Pete Yorn. [1] The single was released as a digital download on May 12, 2009 and was available as an Amazon.com exclusive release. It samples lyrics from All My Loving by The Beatles.

Contents

Promotion

On September 10, 2009, Yorn and Johansson performed "Relator" on the French television show 'Le Grand Journal'.

Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson performed "Relator" on the October 12, 2009 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[2]

Music video

A music video for "Relator" was released on August 12th on Yahoo! Music and subsequently on VH1.[3][4] Directed by Jim Wright, the video shows Yorn and Johansson interplaying as a couple while performing the song.

Sales chart performance

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Belgium Singles Chart 10[5]
French Singles Chart 16[6]
German Singles Chart 100
Swiss Singles Chart 57[7]

References

  1. ^ Relator Songfacts
  2. ^ The Ellen DeGeneres Show web site
  3. ^ RollingStone.com
  4. ^ VH1.com
  5. ^ Ultratop Belgium
  6. ^ Charts in France
  7. ^ swisscharts.com
Pete Yorn
Studio albums
musicforthemorningafter (2001) · Day I Forgot (2003) · Nightcrawler (2006)  · Back and Fourth (2009) · Break Up (2009, with Scarlett Johansson)  · Pete Yorn (2010)
Live albums
Live at the Roxy (2001) · Live from New Jersey (2004) · You & Me Acoustic (2006) · Live from SoHo (2007)
Singles and EPs
Sunset EP (2000) · Westerns EP (2006) · "Life on a Chain" (2001) · "For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)" (2001) · "Strange Condition" (2002) · "Come Back Home" (2003) · "Crystal Village" (2003) · "For Us" (2006) · "Alive" (2007) · "Don't Wanna Cry" (2009) · "Relator" (2009) · Paradise Cove EP (2009)
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