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Trouble Is a Friend
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Trouble Is a Friend
| cover = Lenka_Trouble_Is_A_Friend.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Lenka
| album = Lenka
| released = 1 September 2009
| recorded = 2008
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 3:35
| label = Epic
| writer =
| producer = Mike Elizondo
| prev_title = The Show
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Heart Skips a Beat
| next_year = 2011
| misc =
}}
"'Trouble Is a Friend'" is a song by Australian recording artist and actress Lenka from her debut studio album, 'Lenka' (2008). It was released on 1 September 2009 as the album's second and final single. The song was written by Thomas Salter and Lenka. It was used in an episode from the fifth season of the popular medical drama 'Grey's Anatomy', teen drama television series '90210' and in the 2010 film 'Easy A'.
Music video
The official music video for "Trouble Is a Friend" shows Lenka making her way towards the screen. As the video progresses, her dresses and the backgrounds start to change in the verses. At times Lenka interacts with the newly found backgrounds and illustrations. The music video ends with the camera closing up on Lenka then fading out to a dark screen.
Another video, made by Lenka and James Gulliver Hancock, is a shadow figure production that follows a girl and her Trouble, in the form of a dragon. The video ends with the girl getting into a hot air balloon and suffering terrible fate.
Live performances
Lenka performed the song on the 3 May 2013 episode of 'X Factor Indonesia'.
Track listing
# "Trouble Is a Friend (Spike Stent Remix)" 3:29
Charts
References
Category:2009 singles
Category:Lenka songs
Category:2009 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Elizondo
Category:Epic Records singles
Category:Songs written by Tawgs Salter
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