Black Coffee (All Saints song)
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| Single by All Saints | |||||||||
| from the album Saints & Sinners | |||||||||
| B-side | "I Don't Wanna Be Alone" | ||||||||
| Released | 2 October 2000 | ||||||||
| Format | CD | ||||||||
| Recorded | Guerrilla Beach Studio Sarm West Larrabee West |
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| Genre | Electronica | ||||||||
| Length | 4:50 | ||||||||
| Label | London Records | ||||||||
| Producer | William Orbit | ||||||||
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"Black Coffee" was the second single released from the Saints & Sinners album of All Saints. It became their fifth and most recent #1 single in the UK. Its total sales are of 212,707.
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[edit] Background
The song was co-written by Tom Nichols and former Miss UK Kirsty Roper, a solo performer signed to Nichols' manager Gary Davis' label. It was originally written for Roper and once demoed, the song was played by Davis to the head of London Records, Tracy Bennett, in the hope of getting the young artist a major label deal. Bennett liked the song and wanted it for All Saints. Nichols said the final version of the song, as produced by William Orbit, ended up sounding very different to the original demo.[1]
Writer Nichols credits the song as his major songwriting break. Unknown at the time of it being cut, he has since gone on to write for Kylie Minogue, Jessica Simpson and Sugababes.[1]
Kirsty Roper's career was temporarily on hold after her marriage to Swiss entrepreneur Ernesto Bertarelli. After raising three children, in 2010 Universal Records launched her first album Elusive in Switzerland, her country of residence. The album, including her own version of Black Coffee, went straight into the top 20 in the Swiss charts.
[edit] Song information
| Lyrics and Music | T. Nichols, A. von Soos and K. Elizabeth |
| New arrangement | All Saints and William Orbit |
| Producer | William Orbit |
| Guitar, keyboard and synthesizer | William Orbit |
[edit] Charts
| Country | Date | Position | Certification | Copies |
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| United Kingdom | 8 October 2000 | 1 | Silver[2] | 215,000 |
| Ireland | 5 October 2000 | 6[3] | ||
| New Zealand | 10 December 2000 | 7[4] | ||
| Netherlands | 10 October 2000 | 9[5] | ||
| Finland | October 2000 | 11[6] | ||
| Norway | August 2000 | 14[7] | ||
| Sweden | 10 October 2000 | 8[8] | ||
| Australia | 20[9] | |||
| Switzerland | 5 November 2000 | 28[10] | ||
| France | 11 November 2000 | 33[11] |
[edit] Tracklists
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Black Coffee".
| CD 1 | ||
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| 1. | "Black Coffee" | 4.50 |
| 2. | "I Don't Wanna Be Alone" | 4.24 |
| 3. | "Black Coffee (ATFC's Freshly Ground Vocal)" | 7.45 |
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| 1. | "Black Coffee" | 4.50 |
| 2. | "Black Coffee (The Neptunes Remix)" | 4.43 |
| 3. | "Black Coffee (The Wideboys Espresso Mix)" | 5.19 |
[edit] Music video
The music video is set in a luxury apartment and on the rooftop of the apartment during the night. A young couple argue with each other in their apartment with each Saint appearing beside them at various points throughout - completely invisible to the couple. The video cuts between the couple arguing and the girls singing on the rooftop of the apartment, with the city skyline visible in the background. The video uses a special effect very similar to the Bullet Time effect used in The Matrix . The overally mood of the video created by the setting, lighting and colour reflect the mood and lyrics of the song itself to a very high degree. Unlike previous videos from All Saints, none of the girls appear together during this video because they weren't speaking to each other at the time. It was directed by Johan Renck.
[edit] Remixes
Black Coffee
- Album Version
- Radio Edit
- Version 2 (Exclusive Mark 'Spike' Stent Mix)
- ATFC's Freshly Ground Vocal
- ATFC's Smooth And Rich Dub
- The Neptunes Remix
- The Wideboys Espresso Mix
- The Wideboys Capuccino Dub
- Shadow Snipers Vocal
- Shadow Snipers Dark Dub
Remixography provided by: houseofMusiC
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Interview With Tom Nichols". HitQuarters. 26 Sep 2001. http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Tom_Nichols_Interview.html. Retrieved 9 Nov 2010.
- ^ BPI.co.uk Certification "Black Coffee" Accessed 29 October 2006
- ^ IrishCharts.ie Irish chart search. N.B. "All" cannot be used in the search string (Accessed: November 2, 2006)
- ^ Charts.org.nz "Black Coffee" page Accessed 29 October 2006
- ^ Top4000.nl Charts Week 42 2000. Accessed 15 October 2006
- ^ FinnishCharts.com "Black Coffee" page Accessed 29 October 2006
- ^ NorwegianCharts.com "Black Coffee" page Accessed 29 October 2006
- ^ SwedishCharts.com "Black Coffee" page Accessed 29 October 2006
- ^ Australian-Charts.com "Black Coffee" page Accessed 24 November 2006
- ^ SwissCharts.com "Black Coffee" page Accessed 29 October 2006
- ^ LesCharts.com "Black Coffee" page Accessed 29 October 2006
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Article on Kirsty Roper, one of the songwriters
- Interview with Tom Nichols, one of the songwriters
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| Preceded by "Against All Odds" by Mariah Carey and Westlife |
UK number one single 8 October 2000 - 15 October 2000 |
Succeeded by "Beautiful Day" by U2 |
