Here Lies Love

Here Lies Love
An image of Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines, holding an umbrella while wearing a dress.
Soundtrack album by
Released5 April 2010 (2010-04-05)
Recorded2008–2009
StudioSouth Hell Studios (New York City, United States)
Length90:06
LanguageEnglish
LabelTodomundo/Nonesuch
ProducerDavid Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Cagedbaby (Thomas Gandey), Patrick Dillett and Los Amigos Invisibles
David Byrne chronology
Everything That Happens Will Happen on This Tour – David Byrne on Tour: Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno
(2009)
Here Lies Love
(2010)
Live at Carnegie Hall
(2012)
Fatboy Slim chronology
Palookaville
(2004)
Here Lies Love
(2010)
Bem Brasil
(2014)
Singles from Here Lies Love
  1. "Please Don't"
    Released: 19 January 2010

Here Lies Love is a concept album and rock musical made in collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, about the life of the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos along with the woman who raised her—Estrella Cumpas—and follows Marcos until she and her family were forced to leave the Philippines.[1] The album features 22 guest vocalists and was released on 5 April 2010, under Nonesuch Records and Todomundo in several formats, including a deluxe double-Compact Disc set with a DVD of music videos from the album and a 120-page book.

The album was adapted as a rock musical that premiered in 2013 off-Broadway at The Public Theater and ran again at the Public in 2014–2015. It also played at the Royal National Theatre's Dorfman Theatre in 2014–2015 and the Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2017.[2] It opened on Broadway in 2023.[3][4]

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