Marlene (song)

"Marlene"
Single by Lightspeed Champion
from the album Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
Released	25 January 2010
Format	10", digital download
Recorded	2009
Genre	Folk, Indie rock
Length	12:00
Label	Domino
Writer(s)	Devonte Hynes
Producer	Ben Allen
Lightspeed Champion singles chronology
"Galaxy of the Lost" (Re-Release) (2008) "Marlene" (2010) "Madame Van Damme" (2010)
Music video "Marlene" on YouTube

"Marlene" is the first single from Lightspeed Champion's second album Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You, released on 25 January 2010^[1].

Music video

A preview of the music video was posted on the Domino Records' YouTube channel on 3 November 2009, which was then followed a month later on 3 December 2009, by the full-length video.

It features Dev Hynes sitting in the back of a pick-up truck in a mountainous area, before the truck driver stops to pull Dev out of the truck and kick him down to the floor. This leads Dev into a psychedelic dream of dancing girls, only to wake up and find himself having an argument in a cafe with what appears to be his girlfriend. He soon wakes up from this to the truck driver throwing water at him, who then drags Dev to see two dancing girls similar to those in his dream. This sends him into another psychedelic dream. He then wakes up one more time in the back of the pick-up truck with the dancing girls in the distance, as if none of it had happened.

Track listing

10", 2x7", Digital download RUG345
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Concerto .2 "So Long! So Long!""	Devonté Hynes	2:18
2.	"Marlene"	Devonté Hynes	3:53
3.	"69 Année Érotique" (feat. Valentine Fillol-Cordier)	Serge Gainsbourg	3:31
4.	"(He's) The Great Imposter"	Sharon Sheeley and Jackie DeShannon	2:18
Total length:			12:00

AmazonMp3 edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Marlene"	Devonté Hynes	3:53
2.	"Concerto .2 "So Long! So Long!""	Devonté Hynes	2:18
3.	"69 Année Érotique" (feat. Valentine Fillol-Cordier)	Serge Gainsbourg	3:31
4.	"(He's) The Great Imposter"	Sharon Sheeley and Jackie DeShannon	2:18
5.	"Tête Morte"	Devonté Hynes	4:21
Total length:			16:21

References

1. ^ "Domino Records Article". DominoRecordCo.com. http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/news/04-11-09/lightspeed-champion-releases-new-album-on-1st-february-2010/. Retrieved 2009-11-08. 

External links

• Official Lightspeed Champion Website