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"A Song for the Lovers" is the opening track on Richard Ashcroft's 2000 album, Alone with Everybody. The song was also released on April 3, 2000 as the first single from that album in the United Kingdom. The single peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart, a position that would be matched by Ashcroft's 2006 single "Break the Night with Colour".
A Song for the Lovers was originally written by Richard Ashcroft as a demo track for The Verve's studio album Urban Hymns. 3 different versions were recorded but the song did not make the final album.
The music video for "A Song for the Lovers" premiered in May 2000 and was directed by Jonathan Glazer.
The video is of narrative style. It is shot in real-time with an element of diegetic sound unusual in most music videos. Diegetic sound was used previously by Glazer for "Rabbit in Your Headlights".
The video appears to take its cue from the first lines of the song:
I spend the night, yeah,
Looking for my insides in a hotel room,
Waiting for you.
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