SONG OF THE DAY

“Addicted To Love” by Flo­rence + The Machine ([Addicted To Love sin­gle], Uni­ver­sal Island Records, 2009). Writ­ten by Robert Palmer.

HOW I FOUND IT

This incred­i­ble ver­sion was fea­tured on this season’s So You Think You Can Dance (sea­son 4). Isn’t this ver­sion sick? The quiet a cap­pella at the begin­ning, the sick instru­men­tal­iza­tion com­ing slowly into the song. Her voice. The drums. The slight echo. AWE-SOME!!!

INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)

- “Addicted to Love” is a song by Robert Palmer first released in 1986.

- The song has now become known as his sig­na­ture song, thanks in part to a highly pop­u­lar video fea­tur­ing high fash­ion models.

- The song topped the Bill­board Hot 100 chart, as well as spend­ing two weeks atop the Bill­board Top Rock Tracks chart, and it peaked at #5 on the UK Sin­gles Chart.

- Orig­i­nally intended to be a duet with Chaka Khan, her record com­pany at the time wouldn’t grant her a release to work on Palmer’s label, Island Records. Chaka Khan is still cred­ited for the vocal arrange­ments in the album liner notes.

- The song is also notable for the unac­com­pa­nied drum open­ing, which plays at 7/4. The rest of the song is in com­mon 4/4 time.

VIDEO OF THE DAY