Unstoppable (Lianne La Havas song)

"Unstoppable"
Single by Lianne La Havas
from the album Blood
Released July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)
Genre Soul
Length 5:29
Label Warner Bros
Writer(s) Lianne La Havas, Paul Epworth
Producer(s) Paul Epworth
Lianne La Havas singles chronology
"Age"
(2012)		 "Unstoppable"
(2015)		 "What You Don't Do"
(2015)

"Unstoppable" is a song by British recording artist Lianne La Havas released of her second studio album "Blood" (2015). The song was released as the album's official lead single, "Unstoppable" was made available to stream on April 1, 2015 and was released for digital download on June 1, 2015. Written by La Havas and Paul Epworth, with the later handling the song's production "Unstoppable" is a Jazz song that features strings, piano, and an subtle electric guitar, with lyrics that speak about the heights of love.

Background and composition

Following the touring La Havas embarked on in order to promote her debut album "Your Love Big Enough?", she traveled to Jamaica along with her mother in order to regain connections with her roots.[1] During her time in Jamaica La Havas played music for her family alongside dancehall and reggae producer Stephen McGregor (known under his production name Di Genius), who would later go on to produce the majority of the songs on Blood.[1] Besides Stephen McGregor, La Havas worked with a variety of other producers, the album's lead single "Unstoppable" was produced by Paul Epworth and built upon an instrumental recording by Ninja Tunes trio The Invisible, Unstoppable was written in order to help La Havas repair a relationship that she had previously ended.[1] 'Unstoppable' was released as the album's lead single and was made available to stream on April 1, 2015 and was released for digital download on June 1 in the United Kingdom.[2]

"Unstoppable" is a Jazz and Pop song, that opens with breezy chimes[3] and is built over gentle bass riffing, strings, piano, and an subtle electric guitar.[4] The song features an easy-going instrumentals, that features uplifting lyrics.[5] Caitlin White of the publication Stereogum described the song's production as "sweeping" accompanied by "flickers of rich, velvety rhythm guitar," White continued to note the song's lyrical content as glorifying the "kind of relationship that spurs both parties to unspeakable heights."[6]

Track listing

Digital download

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[8] 83
France (SNEP)[9] 89

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lianne La Havas: ‘debuts knew song". Marketwired.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lianne La Havas: announces new album Blood". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Lee, Christina. "Lianne La Havas Returns With Breezy Jazz-Pop Anthem "Unstoppable": Listen". Idolator.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  4. ↑ Covington, Abigail (2015-04-24). "Top Songs of the Week (4/24)". Consequenceofsound.net. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  5. ↑ Howe, Danielle (2015-04-24). "Stashed". Stashed.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  6. ↑ White, Caitlin (2015-04-21). "Lianne La Havas – "Unstoppable"". Stereogum.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  7. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Blood by Lianne La Havas". Itunes.apple.com. 1989-08-23. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Lianne La Havas - Unstoppable". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  9. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Lianne La Havas – Unstoppable" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

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