Black & Blue (Miike Snow song)

"Black & Blue" is a song performed by the Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow. It was released as the second single from the band's 2009 album, Miike Snow on 15 October 2009 by Columbia Records. The song was written by the band with Henrik Jonback and Juliet Richardson. Band members Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg of the production duo Bloodshy & Avant had conceptualized the chorus before forming the band with Andrew Wyatt in 2007, but saved the idea for the Miike Snow project rather than offering it to another artist. "Black & Blue" is a blue-eyed soul and electronica song that is sung in a breathy falsetto style with piano and synthesizer instrumentation.

"Black & Blue"
Single by Miike Snow
from the album Miike Snow
Released15 October 2009 (2009-10-15)
RecordedRobotberget (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre
Length3:41
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Miike Snow
Miike Snow singles chronology
"Animal"
(2009)
"Black & Blue"
(2009)
"Silvia"
(2010)

Critics were generally positive towards "Black & Blue". The majority of them praised the piano elements and Wyatt's vocals. The single is among the band's most successful releases; it peaked at number 64 on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top 10 on the UK Dance Chart and the Flemish Ultratip chart. Vince Haycock directed its accompanying music video, in which the actor Jeff Stewart portrays a man who creates music with eccentric instruments in his apartment.

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