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“Spectrum” by Florence And The Machine
From the album Ceremonials (2011)
“Spectrum” by Florence And The Machine appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2012. It was first released in 2011 on the album Ceremonials. Its best result is #14 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #203 alternative song of 2012.
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"Spectrum" lives two lives. On Ceremonials, Florence and the Machine's second album, it's a downtempo cross of disco, dance-pop and orchestral pop that Florence Welch wrote with producer Paul Epworth, dressed in six violins, viola and cello, Tom Moth's harp, Nikolaj Torp's piano, Robert Ackroyd's guitar and Christopher Lloyd Hayden's drums, with Tom Elmhirst on the mix. The band first played it live at Brooklyn's Creators Project in October 2011, before the album was out.
Then the Scottish DJ Calvin Harris got hold of it. His uptempo remix, "Spectrum (Say My Name)", came out on Island in July 2012 as the album's fourth single and became the group's first UK No. 1, with 64,816 sold in the first week, and it topped the charts in Ireland and Scotland too. David LaChapelle and John Byrne directed the video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 98 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 14 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2012 | 40 |
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