Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade

Single infobox
Name = Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade


Artist = All Saints
from Album = All Saints
B-side = "No More Lies"
"Get Bizzy"
Background = Orange
Released = April 27, 1998
Recorded = 1997
Format = CD
Genre = Pop-rock,Acoustic
Dance-pop,Disco, R&B
Length = Under the Bridge: 5:00
Lady Marmalade: 3:56
Label = London Records
Producer = Under the Bridge:
Karl Gordon
Nellee Hooper
Lady Marmalade:
Johnny Douglas
NoReviews = yes
Last single = "Never Ever"
(1997)
This single = "Under the Bridge"/"Lady Marmalade"
(1998)
Next single = "Bootie Call"
(1998)
Misc = Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = Lady Marmalade
Audio file= AllSaintsLadyMarmaladeSample.ogg

"Under the Bridge" / "Lady Marmalade" was the third single released from the All Saints debut album, "All Saints". It became their second number-one single in the UK.

A total of 424,799 singles have been sold in the UK. The songs were covers of "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers and "Lady Marmalade" by LaBelle respectively and the single was released as a double A-side. The proceeds from the single went to breast cancer charities.

"Under the Bridge" was slightly altered since it was a personal song by Anthony Kiedis and the All Saints covered it because they liked the overall sound and feeling of the recording. The version of All Saints contains samples of the original recording, the most important one being the distinctive guitar playing in the beginning.

Anthony Kiedis said of All Saints' version "It was kind of funny, they looked so pretty and clean, it looked like they didn't know what they were singing about".

The guitar on "Under the Bridge" was played by Richard Hawley. [ [http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/story/0,,2140315,00.html "Sheffield united"] ]

In Europe, a "Lady Marmalade"-only single was also released.

Music video

Both videos were shot as a set and cost £500,000 to make. The videos took four months of production before release. The girls chose to perform their own stunts in the video, and at one point Natalie Appleton was knocked over by an explosion, although she remained unhurt. [http://members.fortunecity.com/allsaints55/story.htm]

The videos are in a futuristic big city. In the "Lady Marmalade" video, there is a party which causes several floors of a tall building to cave in. The "Under the Bridge" video appears to be set immediately after as there is already a hole in the floor of the room which appears to be a bottomless pit. In reality there was a hole which was indeed one floor deep. The 3D dimensional effect was computer generated and made by the team who also made the film "Batman & Robin". Both videos were shown together as "The Bridge" at cinemas before the showing of the Quentin Tarantino film, Jackie Brown.

Track listings and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade".

Remixes

"Lady Marmalade" * 98 Mix * 98 Mix version 2 * Album version * Henry and Haynes LA Jam mix * Marks Miami Madness mix * Marks Wrecked dub * Sharp South Park vocal remix * Sharp's Trade Lite dub * Timberland remix

"Under the Bridge" * Album version * K-Gee's 97 mix * K-Gee's 98 mix * Ignorants remix

References

External links

* [http://allsaintsofficial.com/ Official site]