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| Single by Kimbra | ||||
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| Released | 29 March 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
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| Length | 4:02 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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"Cameo Lover" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist Kimbra from her debut studio album, Vows. The song was released in New Zealand and Australia as the album's second single on 29 March 2011. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 Kimbra won Best Female Artist for the song, while its video was nominated for Best Video.[1][2] The song, written by Kimbra, was nominated for 'Song of the Year' at the 2012 APRA Music Awards.[3][4]
In July 2011, the song won the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.[5][6] Earlier that year, Gotye had first noticed Kimbra when both were short-listed as finalists for the competition.[7] Gotye subsequently invited Kimbra to feature as the lead female vocalist on his recording of "Somebody That I Used to Know".[7]
- ^ "2011 ARIA Awards Winners by Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "The Countdown Begins....Nominations Announced". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Nominations > Song of the Year – 2012". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2012. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "APRA nomination". Kimbramusic.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ "Past Winners". APRA AMCOS. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "2011 Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition – Winners Announcement". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 15 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ a b Nimmervoll, Ed. "Gotye". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2014.