Marlene (song)

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2010 single by Lightspeed Champion

"Marlene"

Single by Lightspeed Champion
from the album  Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
Released| 25 January 2010
Recorded| 2009
Genre| Folk, indie rock
Length| 12:00
Label| Domino
Songwriter(s)| Devonte Hynes
Producer(s)| Ben Allen
Lightspeed Champion singles chronology
| ""Galaxy of the Lost" (Re-Release)"
(2008)  | "Marlene"
(2010)  | "Madame Van Damme"
(2010)

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Music video
"Marlene" on YouTube

"Marlene" is the first single from British artist Lightspeed Champion's second album Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You, released on 25 January 2010.[1]

## Music video

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A preview of the music video was posted on the Domino Records' YouTube channel on 3 November 2009, which was then followed a month later on 3 December 2009, by the full-length video.

It features Dev Hynes sitting in the back of a pick-up truck in a mountainous area, before the truck driver stops to pull Dev out of the truck and kick him down to the floor. This leads Dev into a psychedelic dream of dancing girls, only to wake up and find himself having an argument in a cafe with what appears to be his girlfriend. He soon wakes up from this to the truck driver throwing water at him, who then drags Dev to see two dancing girls similar to those in his dream. This sends him into another psychedelic dream. He then wakes up one more time in the back of the pick-up truck with the dancing girls in the distance, as if none of it had happened.

## Track listing

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10", 2x7", Digital download RUG345No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Concerto .2 "So Long! So Long!""| Devonté Hynes| 2:18
2.| "Marlene"| Devonté Hynes| 3:53
3.| "69 Année Érotique" (feat. Valentine Fillol-Cordier)| Serge Gainsbourg| 3:31
4.| "(He's) The Great Imposter"| Sharon Sheeley and Jackie DeShannon| 2:18
Total length:| 12:00

AmazonMp3 editionNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Marlene"| Devonté Hynes| 3:53
2.| "Concerto .2 "So Long! So Long!""| Devonté Hynes| 2:18
3.| "69 Année Érotique" (feat. Valentine Fillol-Cordier)| Serge Gainsbourg| 3:31
4.| "(He's) The Great Imposter"| Sharon Sheeley and Jackie DeShannon| 2:18
5.| "Tête Morte"| Devonté Hynes| 4:21
Total length:| 16:21

## References

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1. ^ "Domino Records Article". DominoRecordCo.com. Retrieved 8 November 2009.

## External links

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* Official Lightspeed Champion Website

* v
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Dev Hynes

As Lightspeed
Champion|

| Studio albums|

* Falling Off the Lavender Bridge
* Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You

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Mixtapes|

* I Wrote and Recorded This in Less Than Five Hours
* Garageband Xmas EP
* Album in a Day 2
* House-Sitting Songs

Singles|

* "Galaxy of the Lost"
* "Midnight Surprise"
* "Tell Me What It's Worth"
* "Marlene"

As Blood
Orange|

| Studio albums|

* Coastal Grooves
* Cupid Deluxe
* Freetown Sound
* Negro Swan
* Essex Honey

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Mixtapes|

* Angel's Pulse

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* Discography
* Test Icicles

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