- Vivid (Electronic song)
Infobox Single
Name = Vivid
Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Electronic
Album =
A-side =
B-side = "Radiation"
Released = Start date|1999|4
Format = CD,12"
Recorded =
Genre =
Length =
Label = flagicon|UKParlophone
flagicon|Europe Virgin
Writer =Bernard Sumner ,Johnny Marr
Producer = Bernard Sumner,
Johnny Marr,Arthur Baker
Certification =
Last single = "Prodigal Son"
(1999)
This single = "Vivid"
(1999)
Next single = "Make It Happen"'
(1999)
Misc ="Vivid" is a song by Electronic, the eighth single released by the group. It was released in April 1999 by
Parlophone in Britain and by Virgin inGermany . "Vivid" reached #17 on theUK Singles Chart .Recording
The song was recorded by full-time members Sumner and Marr with
Doves bassistJimi Goodwin andBlack Grape drummerJed Lynch . An early version of the song was written by Marr, before Sumner altered some of the words and the melody. The finished album version is in fact the demo, although subsequent production byArthur Baker and his programming collaborator Merv de Peyer included a sampled loop which runs throughout the track in tandem with the kit drums. ["Sound On Sound", June 1999 ( [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun99/articles/tracks.htm link] )]Formats
Like their last two singles ("For You" and "Second Nature"), "Vivid" was issued on two Compact Discs, and also on 12" vinyl in the UK. The principle B-side was "Radiation", a seven-minute
instrumental co-credited to Arthur Baker.B-sides
In addition to a single mix of the A-side itself, four other remixes appeared as B-sides: versions of "Prodigal Son" by
Two Lone Swordsmen , DJ Harvey and Inch (Keir Stewart and Simon Spencer), and a mix of "Haze" by Merv de Peyer. Like "Vivid", both tracks were from the album "Twisted Tenderness ".The single mix of "Vivid" done by Merv de Peyer, was shorter than the album version, and was included on "
Get the Message - The Best of Electronic " in 2006.Tracklisting
UK 12"
# "Vivid (Radio Edit)"
# "Prodigal Son (Two Lone Swordsmen Mix)"
# "Prodigal Son (Harvey's a Star In Your Own Mind Mix)"UK CD1
# "Vivid (Radio Edit)"
# "Haze (Alternative Mix)"
# "Prodigal Son (Harvey's a Star In Your Own Mind Mix)"UK CD2
# "Vivid (Album Version)"
# "Radiation"
# "Prodigal Son (Inch Remix)"UK promo CD
# "Vivid (Radio Edit)"
EU CD1
# "Vivid (Radio Edit)"
# "Haze (Alternate Take)"
# "Prodigal Son (Harvey's a Star In Your Own Mind Mix)"EU CD2
# "Vivid (Radio Edit)"
# "Haze (Alternate Take)"References
External links
* [http://www.feeleverybeat.co.uk/ feel every beat (unofficial website)]
* [http://www.worldinmotion.net/electronic.htm worldinmotion.net (unofficial website)]
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