Escape (Enrique Iglesias song)

Infobox Single
Name = Escape


Caption =
Type =
Artist = Enrique Iglesias
alt Artist =
Album = Escape
Published =
Released = April 2002 (UK)

Format = CD single
12"
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:28
Writer = Kara DioGuardi
Enrique Iglesias
Steve Morales
David Siegel

Label = Interscope Records
Producer = Steve Morales
Enrique Iglesias
Certification = Platinum (ARIA)
Misc =
Last single = "Hero"
(2001)
This single = "Escape"
(2002)
Next single = "Love to See You Cry"
(2002)
Misc ="Escape" is a pop song written by Kara DioGuardi, Enrique Iglesias, Steve Morales and David Siegel for Iglesias' 2001 album "Escape". The song is the album's opening track, and was released as its second single in 2002 (see 2002 in music). The song reached number three in the UK and number twelve in the U.S. charts.

Music and lyrics

"Escape" is a pop song composed in common time and in the key of B major.Sheet music for "Escape". Alfred Publishing. 2002.] It is written in verse-chorus form, and its instrumentation comes from the electric guitar and keyboard. ["Escape" (CD liner notes). Interscope Records. October 2001.]

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Dave Meyers and filmed in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center and the CityWalk shopping area in Universal City, California. [Moss, Corey. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451681/20020107/iglesias_enrique.jhtml "Enrique Iglesias Serves Up..."] . Retrieved November 2 2007.] It features Enrique and tennis-player Anna Kournikova as his love interest. The video opens with a sequence of Iglesias performing the song, backed by a live band, in front of a huge crowd in a theater. Throughout the video, there are sequences of Iglesias and Kournikova's relationship. The first sequence is of Iglesias driving through a busy city on a motorbike while Kournikova awaits his arrival. Once he arrives, he attempts to kiss her but she pushes him away.

In the next scene Iglesias follows Kournikova into the ladies room. She catches his eye in the mirror and turns around to kiss him. They continue kissing while sprawled across the bathroom sinks until two security guards pull them apart and take Iglesias away. The scene soon cuts to another scene where another security guard pulls up in a carpark and spots them kissing while lying across the front seats of a car. But, unlike the previous security guards, he leaves them undisturbed and drives away. The video closes with a scene of the theater being emptied, but Kournikova stands and waits in her seat until Iglesias comes over to her after the crowd has left.

"Escape" premiered on MTV's top-ten chart program "Total Request Live" on 30 January 2002, [http://host17.hrwebservices.net/~atrl/trlarchive/db.html "The TRL Archive — Debuts"] . PopFusion. Retrieved November 2 2007.] where it reached number one. [ [http://www.atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=recap&y=2002&m=02 "The TRL Archive — February 2002"] . PopFusion. Retrieved November 2 2007.] It was Iglesias's first video to retire from the chart at #1. After its 8 February debut on MuchMusic's "Countdown", it reached number one for the week of 19 April. ["#1s". MuchMusic programming. Original airdate: April 2002. Retrieved November 2 2007.]

Alternate versions

A cover version of the song, performed in Elvis Presley style by Irish Elvis-impersonator Kevin Doyle is included on the 2003 charity album, "Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1".

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Escape".
* European CD Maxi single
# "Escape" (album version)
# "Escape" (Giorgio Moroder & Fernando Garibay club mix)
# "Escape" (Stonebridge radio mix)
# "Escape" (video)
* German CD Maxi single
# "Escape"
# "Escape" (Boogieman remix)
# "Escape" (StoneBridge radio mix)
# "Hero" (Thunderpuss remix)
# "Hero" (video)
* UK CD single
# "Escape"
# "Escape" (Boogieman remix)
* 12" vinyl single
# "Escape" (Thunderpuss club mix)
# "Escape" (Thunderpuss Tripstrumental)
# "Escape" (Giorgio Moroder & Fernando Garibay club mix)
# "Escape" (7th District club mix)
# "Escape" (Stonebridge club mix)
# "Escape" (Stonebridge Hooky dub)
# "Escape" (Minge Binge Polysynthetic mix)
# "Escape" (JJ's club mix)

Credits and personnel

* Lead vocals: Enrique Iglesias
* Background vocals: Kara DioGuardi, Steve Morales
* Producer: Steve Morales
* Co-producer: Enrique Iglesias
* Engineers: Fabian Marasciullo, Shane Stoner
* Assistant Engineers: Marc Lee
* Electric Guitar: Aaron Fishbein
* Keyboard: David Siegel
* Audio mixing: Sebastian Krys
* Production Coordinator: Ivy Skoff

Charts

ee also

*List of number-one dance hits (United States)

References

External links

* [http://www.enriqueiglesias.com/default.aspx Enrique Iglesias Official Website]
** [http://www.enriqueiglesias.com/media/player.aspx?mid=374&bhcp=1 "Escape" Music video]
** [http://www.enriqueiglesias.com/discography/default.aspx/pid/302 "Escape" audio]