Smoke (song)

Smoke (song)

Single infobox
Name = Smoke


Artist = Natalie Imbruglia
from Album = Left of the Middle
Length = 3:59 (Radio Edit)
B-side =
Released = 11 October 1998
Format = CD single
Genre = Pop
Label = RCA
Writer = Natalie Imbruglia
Matt Bronleewe
Producer = Matt Bronleewe
Last single = "Wishing I Was There
(1998)
This single = "Smoke"
(1998)
Next single = "Identify"
(1999)

"Smoke" is a song by Natalie Imbruglia, released as the fourth and final single from her debut album "Left of the Middle". It was released on 11 October 1998 and contained a number of remixes. The single reached #5 in the UK but just missed the top 40 in Australia, peaking at 42.

Charts

The single has sold 150,000 copies in the UK.

Billboard's Review:

Artists whose debut singles hit as big as Imbruglia's "Torn" seem to have trouble these days keeping radio's attention. (Case in point: Duncan Sheik.) There's no good reason why Imbruglia's "Wishing You Were Here" wasn't bigger than it was at radio, and there's even less of an excuse why this elegant and melancholy third single shouldn't put the Aussie artist back on track to become a long-term name brand at adult and mainstream top 40. Vocally, "Smoke" is more vulnerable than what we've heard before, as Imbruglia sings the sad, sad tale of a woman trying to accept the abuse she and her mother endured when she was a child. Lyrical imagery is mighty, with phrases like "bleeding is breathing" and "you're hiding underneath the smoke in the room." Instrumentally, the piano-driven track takes on a dreamlike quality, gaining urgency as it runs through the verses. And vocally, it's probably her best performance on the double-platinum "Left Of The Middle." This is a fine piece of work and a song that demands attention from radio and fans of quality pop music. Thankfully, RCA has put together a beautiful, wholly satisfying videoclip to accompany the track, making the package complete. As close to art as you're going to find on the airwaves.

Music Video

Its [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vec1eOH6TUQ music video] was directed by Matthew Rolston. There is also a version of the music video with additional visual effects where Natalie's face appears and disappears with animated smoke.

Covers have included Dreadful Shadows, a goth band from Germany.


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