Song · Adele
“Lovesong” by Adele
From the album 21 (2011)
“Lovesong” by Adele appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2013 and 2024. It was first released in 2011 on the album 21. Its best result is #360 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs.
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Adele reached back to 1989 for "Lovesong", her cover of the Cure's song on her 2011 album 21, and she handles Robert Smith's lyric like scripture rather than a costume. Smith wrote the words; the music is credited to him with Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams.
Rick Rubin produced her version and stacked the room with ringers: Pino Palladino on bass, Chris Dave on drums, James Poyser on piano, Smokey Hormel and Matt Sweeney on guitars, Lenny Castro on percussion and Stephanie Bennett on harp, with a choir of seven filling in behind her lead. Greg Fidelman recorded it and Andrew Scheps mixed. A goth-rock heirloom, reborn as a showcase for that voice: reverent to the song, and still unmistakably hers.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 402 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2024 | 360 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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