Songs Remind Me of You

"Songs Remind Me of You"
Single by Annie
from the album Don't Stop
Released	17 August 2009
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Synthpop Italo disco Hi-NRG
Length	4:06
Label	Totally Smalltown Supersound
Writer(s)	Richard X Hannah Robinson
Producer(s)	Richard X
Annie singles chronology
"Anthonio" (2009) "Songs Remind Me of You" (2009) "My Love Is Better" (2009)

"Songs Remind Me of You" is a song by Norwegian recording artist Annie from her second studio album, Don't Stop (2009). Written by Richard X and Hannah Robinson, the track was released digitally on 17 August 2009 as the album's lead single.

Background

The song, described as "Annie's first true four-to-the-floor anthem leading to dancefloor abandon", was produced by Richard X.^[1] It dates back to 2006,^[2] recorded with Richard X in London during the earlier sessions for Don't Stop.^[3]

Release and reception

"Songs Remind Me of You" was first released on a Don't Stop album sampler in April 2008,^[4] and it later leaked with the rest of the album in summer 2008. After Annie left Island Records, a revised edition of the album was released through Annie's own label Totally Records and Oslo-based indie label Smalltown Supersound in November 2009.^[5] "Songs Remind Me of You" was released as its lead single via iTunes on 17 August 2009.^[6] It was re-released on iTunes on 20 July 2010, featuring brand-new cover art and a remix by Australian trio The Swiss.^[7]

The track received critical acclaim upon its release. Peter Robinson of Popjustice simply called the song "amazing".^[8] Ian Wade of BBC Music described it as "a blinding snort-up of amyl disco strobe-fest proportions, which throws in a bit of Mel & Kim just in case it wasn't quite rapturous enough".^[9] Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani referred to the song as "a rollicking Italo disco nugget".^[10] Pitchfork Media's Kasia Galazka scored the track eight out of ten and gave it a "Best New Music" designation, commenting that it is "happily 80s meta-pop, and the quicksand melody in the chorus is infatuating".^[11] Bradley Stern of MuuMuse praised it as a mixture of "lush disco, breathy vocals, and intergalactic swarms of electronica".^[12]

The song is featured in a scene of the 2010 film Sex and the City 2.

Track listings

• 2009 iTunes single^[6]

1. "Songs Remind Me of You" – 4:05

• 2010 iTunes single^[7]

1. "Songs Remind Me of You" – 4:05
2. "Songs Remind Me of You" (The Swiss Remix) – 6:01
3. "Songs Remind Me of You" (The Swiss Remix Instrumental) – 6:01

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Japan Hot 100[13]	60

References

1. Stovin, Jack (12 August 2009). "Annie signs to Smalltown Supersound, announces sophomore release, Don't Stop". Altsounds. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
2. Robinson, Peter (18 August 2009). "Annie's 'Songs...'". Popjustice. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
3. Berge Strand, Anne Lilia (17 August 2009). "SonGS REMIND ME OF YOU.....". Myspace. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
4. "Annie – Don't Stop – Album Sampler (Unmastered)". Discogs. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
5. Dombal, Ryan (12 August 2009). "Annie's Don't Stop Finally Coming Out". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
6. "Songs Remind Me of You – Single by Annie". iTunes Store Norway. Apple. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
7. "Songs Remind Me of You – Single by Annie". iTunes Store Norway. Apple. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
8. Robinson, Peter (26 June 2008). "Annie's 'Songs Remind Me Of You': amazing". Popjustice. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
9. Wade, Ian (16 October 2009). "Review of Annie – Don't Stop". BBC Music. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
10. Cinquemani, Sal (8 November 2009). "Annie: Don't Stop". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
11. Galazka, Kasia (27 October 2009). "Annie: "Songs Remind Me of You"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
12. Stern, Bradley (20 August 2009). "Songs Finally Remind Me of You Too, Annie.". MuuMuse. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
13. "Annie – Chart history: Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 11 August 2013.