Andalucia (Doves song)

"Andalucia"
Single by Doves
from the album The Places Between: The Best of Doves
B-side"Jetstream" (Acoustic)
Released1 March 2010 (2010-03-01)
Recorded2009
GenreIndie rock
Length3:59 (radio edit)
4:21 (album version)
LabelHeavenly Records
Virgin Records/EMI
Songwriter(s)Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, Andy Williams
Producer(s)Doves, Dan Austin
Doves singles chronology
"Winter Hill"
(2009) 		"Andalucia"
(2010) 		"Carousels"
(2020)
Music video
"Andalucia" on YouTube

"Andalucia" is a single from Doves' best-of compilation, titled The Places Between: The Best of Doves. The song was released as a promo single on 1 March 2010. The single received its first airplay on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 3 March 2010, and again on 4 March 2010, on Steve Lamacq's BBC 6 Music radio show Roundtable.[1] The song was then released as a digital download-only single on 5 April 2010, the same day the compilation was released.[2] It was the band's final single before their ten-year hiatus. "Andalucia" also marks the first Doves single release not available commercially on a physical format.

A music video was produced for the song, filmed in Granada and directed by Soup Collective and photographer Percy Dean,[3] but was not included on the DVD for The Places Between.[4] nthWORD said of the music video, "It's very possible that the video for Doves' "Andalucia" will start your day off on the right feet. Dig the old man."[5] A video of Jimi Goodwin and Jez Williams performing an acoustic version of "Andalucia" at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire premiered on The Guardian's website on 4 April 2010.[6]

Track listings

All tracks are written by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams

Promo CD-R (no catalog number)
No.TitleLength
1."Andalucia" (Radio Edit)3:59
2."Andalucia" (Instrumental)4:21
Digital download (HVN201)
No.TitleLength
1."Andalucia"4:21
2."Jetstream" (Acoustic Version)3:27

Credits

  • "Andalucia" produced by Doves and Dan Austin.
  • Mixed by Dave Bascombe.
  • Violin by Belinda Hammond.
  • Art direction by Rick Myers and Art-Utility.

References

  1. ^ Doves Music Blog – Hear Andalucia Now! Archived 22 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Andalucía: Doves: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads
  3. ^ Percy Dean Blogspot – dated 14 April 2010
  4. ^ YouTube – Doves – Andalucia (Heavenly Recordings)
  5. ^ "nthWORD – Doves – Andalucia". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  6. ^ Bainbridge, Luke (4 April 2010). "Doves: "The band are splitting up? Nobody told me!"". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 April 2010.