Sophia (Nerina Pallot song)

"Sophia" is the second single released from the re-release of Nerina Pallot's second album, Fires. It was released on October 2, 2006. It was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Song (Musically and Lyrically).^[1]

The single includes Pallot's cover of Kylie Minogue's "Confide in Me".

Charts

Unofficially, it entered at #86 in the UK Singles Chart before jumping to its peak of #32 in its first official week on the chart. "Sophia" is Pallot's second most successful hit single, after "Everybody's Gone To War", giving her a second Top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

The single also peaked at #12 on the UK Airplay Chart in October 2006.

Video

The video for "Sophia" was shot in a desert in Morocco, and directed by John Hillcoat.

In the video, Nerina is playing a piano and singing in the desert, while flames continue to grow around her. During the song, the piano Nerina is playing catches fire but she continues playing it, and finally, Nerina is surrounded in a fire circle. The video is described as 'beautiful' and a great contrast to the lighter video for "Everybody's Gone to War" previously.

The video uses the single version (also called radio edit) which is more upbeat. The album version is noticeably much slower with only pretty much the piano as accompaniment.

Tracklistings

#	CD Title	Time
CD, Download
1.	Sophia Single Version	3:41
2.	Confide in Me	3:40
7" Vinyl, Download
1.	Sophia Single Version	3:41
2.	(Cash & Sin) Mr King	5:00
Download
1.	Sophia Unplugged	3:59

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2006	UK Singles Chart	32^[3]

References

↑ "Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse on Novello shortlist". Reuters. 2007-04-23. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
↑ "Pallot's UK chart history". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
↑ "UK charts archive". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2012-01-10.

Nerina Pallot

Studio albums	Dear Frustrated Superstar Fires The Graduate Year of the Wolf The Sound and the Fury

Extended plays	Buckminster Fuller Junebug Skeleton Key Yes, December Lonely Valentine Club We Made It Through Another Year The Hold Tight We Should Break Up When the Morning Stars Sang Together Free As You Wanna Be Grand Union When I Grow Up Rousseau Little Bull Small Things Spirit Walks Live from Union Chapel Winter Rooms

Singles	"Patience" "Alien" "Damascus" "All Good People" "Everybody's Gone to War" "Sophia" "Learning to Breathe" "Real Late Starter" "I Don't Want to Go Out" "Put Your Hands Up" "Turn Me On Again" "All Bets Are Off"

Related articles	Discography

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