Twilight (Cover Drive song)

"Twilight"
Single by Cover Drive
from the album Bajan Style
Released 22 January 2012
Format Digital download, CD single
Recorded 2011
Genre R&B, synthpop
Length 3:28
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Ina Wroldsen, Karen Reifer, Thomas-Ray Armstrong, Jamar Harding
Producer(s) Quiz & Larossi
Cover Drive singles chronology
"Lick Ya Down"
(2011)		 "Twilight"
(2012)		 "Sparks"
(2012)
Music video
"Twilight" on YouTube

"Twilight" is the second single recorded by Barbados-based pop group Cover Drive. The song was written by the band with Swedish production team Quiz & Larossi and Ina Wroldsen. The song was released on 22 January 2012 as a digital download and CD single in the United Kingdom, taken from their debut album Bajan Style. On 29 January 2012, the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Twilight" was first released on YouTube on 25 November 2011 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-five seconds. The video featured a cameo appearance by Survivor: Nicaragua contestant Brenda Lowe in a laundromat.[1]

Chart performance

On the week ending 4 February 2012, "Twilight" debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart with sales of 76,109 copies. The position marked the group's second consecutive top 10 single after "Lick Ya Down" and first number-one single. The song has sold 283,000 copies in the UK as of December 2012.[2]

Track listing

CD single[3]
No. Title Length
1. "Twilight"   3:28
2. "All About You"   3:36
Digital download[4]
No. Title Length
1. "Twilight"   3:28
2. "Twilight" (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest Club Mix) 4:52
3. "Twilight" (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest Dirty Shade Remix) 5:22
4. "Twilight" (Deseca Remix) 3:33
5. "Twilight" (Ruff Loaderz Remix) 7:09

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[5] 70
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 30
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[7] 3
Spanish Airplay Chart (Promusicae)[8] 21
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[10] 75

Release history

Country Release date Format Label
Ireland[11] 20 January 2012 Digital download Global Talent
United Kingdom[12][13] 22 January 2012
23 January 2012 CD single
Germany[14] 4 May 2012 Polydor Records

References

  1. ↑ Cover Drive - Twilight
  2. ↑ Dan Lane (3 December 2012). "Official Charts Advent Calendar 2012: Day 3". The Official Chart Company. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Twilight: Cover Drive: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
  4. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Twilight (Remixes) - EP by Cover Drive". Itunes.apple.com. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Cover Drive – Twilight" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  6. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 07, 2012". Irish Singles Chart.
  7. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2012-02-04". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  8. ↑ "Promusicae (Week: January 1, 2012)" (PDF). Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2012-02-04" UK Singles Chart.
  10. ↑ "Top 100 Singles of 2012". BBC Radio 1. BBC Online. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  11. ↑ Twilight (Remixes) - EP by Cover Drive iTunes
  12. ↑ Twilight (Remixes) - EP by Cover Drive iTunes
  13. ↑ Twilight (Single) Amazon
  14. ↑ "Twilight (2-Track): Cover Drive: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2012-05-12.

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