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Black Black Heart
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Wikipedia article
"'Black Black Heart'" is a song written by David Usher and Jeff Pearce and released as the second single off Usher's 2001 album, 'Morning Orbit'. It became a minor hit in Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and rose to number three in Greece, spending over 25 weeks on the country's singles chart. The music video won two MuchMusic Video Awards.
Overview
There are three versions of the song. The album and radio remix versions feature Julie Galios from the band My Brilliant Beast. The harder rock version, which was found as a hidden track on the album and is also referred to as "Black Black Heart 2.0", features vocals by Kim Bingham. The chorus samples 'The Flower Duet' ('Sous le dme pais'), a famous duet for sopranos from Lo Delibes' opera 'Lakm', as a hook.
Music video
The music video for 'Black Black Heart' features Usher singing the song in an apartment in a big house at night, with the scenes of him singing being intercut with various scenes showing other inhabitants of the house doing more or less usual things. It won two MuchMusic Video Awards for Best Post-Production (for Kurt Ritchie and Jeff Campbell) and Best Pop Video (for Usher) in 2002.
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Cover versions
Rene Liu and Stanley Huang recorded a Chinese version called 'Travel Separately' ( / Fnki lxng), but only with the lyrics changed and became a huge success. Usher and Pearce were credited for the song. Usher also made a version of the tune in French, with popular Qubec singer Marie-Mai singing on the track, as a special guest.
References
Category:2001 singles
Category:2001 songs
Category:EMI Records singles
Category:Songs written by David Usher
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