| "Sanctuary" | ||||
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| Single by Gabriella Cilmi | ||||
| from the album Lessons to Be Learned | ||||
| Released | 12 December 2007 | |||
| Genre | Soul, ska | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gabriella Cilmi, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Nick Coler, Tim Powell | |||
| Producer(s) | Brian Higgins, Xenomania | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Gabriella Cilmi - Sanctuary" on YouTube | ||||
"Sanctuary" is the debut single by Australian recording artist Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned (2008). The song was first released digitally in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2007 as the album's lead single, and subsequently released in Germany and the Netherlands in December 2008 as its fifth single, reaching number sixty-seven on the German Singles Chart and number seventy-two on the physical sales-based Dutch Single Top 100 chart.
"Sanctuary" utilises the introductory riff of Maxine Brown's 1964 version of "Oh No Not My Baby". Regarding the song's meaning, Cilmi explained, "I met someone who I felt really comfortable with and all those feelings that come with feeling comfortable with someone. The song is kind of about that, although I'm not even friends with that person any more."[1]
- ^ "GABRIELA CILMI – Lessons To Be Learned". Sydney Unleashed. 2008. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2011.