Lovesong

~ Recording by Adele

Annotation

Notes from booklet, incl. Sub Optimal Credits

Production coordinator: Lindsay Chase
Choir directed by Oren Water (credited as chorus master)
Recorded at Shangri La Studios, Malibu, Ca. Mixed at Punkerpad West, Van Nuys, Ca.

Annotation last modified on 2013-03-06 14:03 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • JP2011-01-19
Hostess Entertainment Unlimited, XL RecordingsBGJ-10107
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • JP2011-01-19
XL Recordings
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • ZA2011-01-19
XL Recordings, Just Music (South Africa)CDJUST 434, CDJUST434
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21 (limited edition)AdeleAlbum
  • GB2011-01-20
  • DE2011-01-21
  • NL2011-01-21
XL RecordingsXLCD 520 E
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • AU2011-01-20
XL RecordingsXLCD 520
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21 (iTunes interview version)AdeleAlbum
  • GB2011-01-21
XL Recordings
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • XE2011-01-21
XL RecordingsXLLP 520
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21 (Amazon digital booklet version)AdeleAlbum
  • US2011-01-24
XL RecordingsXLDL520
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • XE2011-01-24
XL RecordingsXLCD 520
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21 (iTunes digital booklet version)AdeleAlbum
  • US2011-01-24
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), XL Recordings
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • -2011-01-24
XL Recordings
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • -2011-01-24
XL Recordings
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • US2011-02-22
XL Recordings, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697 44699 2
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), XL Recordings
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21 (deluxe edition)AdeleAlbum
  • US2011-02-22
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), XL Recordings88697827342
1.10Lovesong5:20Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • TW2011-08-30
High Note Records (Taiwan)HN826CD
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
XL Recordings, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697446991, C 7447699
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
XL RecordingsXLCD 520
1.10Lovesong5:18Adele21AdeleAlbum
XL RecordingsCDJUST439
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), XL Recordings88697446992
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
XL RecordingsXLCD 520
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • -2011
Hostess Entertainment Unlimited, Warner Music Hong Kong, XL Recordings
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
  • CN2013-03-07
贝阁唱片BCXLCD520
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
XL Recordings
1.10Lovesong5:16Adele21AdeleAlbum
XL Recordings
Bootleg
1.9Love Song5:16AdeleGreatest HitsAdeleAlbum + Compilation
XL Recordings31667•1/2
1.8Love Song5:16AdeleGreatest HitsAdeleAlbum + Compilation
  • -2012
XL Recordings
1.8Lovesong?:??AdeleGreatest HitsAdeleAlbum + Compilation
Digital Records (Russian pirate imprint), Zebra StudioAZ-159

Relationships

assistant recording engineer:Phillip Broussard
Sara Lyn Killion
recording engineer:Greg Fidelman
producer:Rick Rubin (American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records)
mixer:Andrew Scheps
accordion and banjo:David Hidalgo
bass:Pino Palladino
drums (drum set):Chris Dave (drummer, Chris “Daddy” Dave)
guitar:Smokey Hormel
Matt Sweeney (US guitarist, vocalist & producer)
harp:Stephanie Bennett (Harpist)
percussion:Lenny Castro
piano:James Poyser
choir vocals:Carmen Carter
Jim Gilstrap
Josef Powell
Carmen Twillie
Julia Waters
Maxine Waters
Terry Young
lead vocals:Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
chorus master:Oren Waters
strings arranger:David Campbell (US based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2011)
mash-ups:Lovesong ensemble (Orelsan vs. Adele) by DJ Y alias JY
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2PPN1HFpVotjq7oJIqQbnx [info]
recording of:Lovesong (cover)

Related works

Lovesong

lyricist:Robert J. Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:Boris Williams
Laurence Tolhurst
Paul S. Thompson
Robert J. Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
Roger O’Donnell
Simon Gallup
publisher:APB Music Co.
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
BMG Songs, Inc.
Fiction Songs Ltd.
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
later translated parody versions:Kumbia Dark