The Show (Lenka song)

"The Show" is the debut single by Australian singer/songwriter Lenka that was released in December 2008 - June 2009. The song is featured on her eponymous debut album Lenka, released in 2008. The single was successful in Vietnam, where it peaked as #1 in Radio Vietnam. It was featured as the soundtrack for an Old Navy commercial as well as an Ugly Betty promo, the film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, the 2009 Spring Campaign of the Polish TV station TVN, a commercial for a Malaysian telecommunications company called TM in 2009, and was promoted as an iTunes Free Single of the Week. Samples from the song are featured on DFS Sofa commercials in the UK. The song was also covered in the movie, Moneyball, by Kerris Dorsey and can be seen in its track listing on iTunes.

Track listing

1. The Show (Album Version) — 3:55
2. Gravity Rides Everything (The Woodstock Sessions) — 3:49

Music video

The music video has Lenka sitting on a bench in a park singing her song and picking petals off a flower. She then flies to the next scene, where she is riding a bus and looking at the other people, including an old lady and a man who she notices is staring at her. She then flies to a photo shop, where she looks at a picture with her friends. There is also a scene in which she plays tennis without ever hitting the ball. The next scene is when she is riding a bicycle with grocery items. While she is riding the bike, she notices that people are dancing while she sings the second verse. Then she flies to a concert, where she sings the chorus and flies off to a restaurant, where she and the man in the bus are eating. The man notices that Lenka's food was sliced by an unseen object. She then goes to her house, in which her toothbrush brushes her teeth without her holding it, and slowly goes to bed. She then finishes by watching the TV, and then turning the lights out.

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