"Andalucia" | ||||
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Single by Doves | ||||
from the album The Places Between: The Best of Doves | ||||
B-side | "Jetstream" (Acoustic) | |||
Released | 1 March 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2009 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 3:59 (radio edit) 4:21 (album version) | |||
Label | Heavenly Records Virgin Records/EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, Andy Williams | |||
Producer(s) | Doves, Dan Austin | |||
Doves singles chronology | ||||
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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]