When I Was Your Girl
| "When I Was Your Girl" | ||||
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| Single by Alison Moyet | ||||
| from the album The Minutes | ||||
| Released | 1 April 2013 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:39 | |||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl | |||
| Writer(s) | Alison Moyet, Guy Sigsworth | |||
| Producer(s) | Alison Moyet, Guy Sigsworth | |||
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"When I Was Your Girl" is a song by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released as the first single from her eighth studio album, The Minutes (2013), which debuted at number five in the UK Albums Chart on 12 May 2013. On 5 May 2013, "When I Was Your Girl" reached number 104 in the UK Singles Chart.
"When I Was Your Girl" received its exclusive first play on Ken Bruce's BBC Radio 2 show on 19 March 2013. The music video for the single premiered the very same day via the UK web site Digital Spy. Moyet is accompanied by her real-life daughter in the video. The single's official release date is set for 1 April. It was performed at The Graham Norton Show on the BBC and on ITV1's This Morning.
It featured on BBC Radio 2's 'A' list and was also played regularly on other smaller radio stations including the Hull-based 106.9FM WHCR and Kingstown Radio. It was announced on 29 May 2013 that the second single taken from The Minutes would be "Love Reign Supreme".
Track listing
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- Digital EP
- "When I Was Your Girl" — 3:39
- "Changeling" (Guy Sigsworth Remix) — 3:58
- "When I Was Your Girl" (Manhattan Clique Remix) — 6:11
Music video
The video was filmed on England's 1.3-mile Southend Pier[1] in March 2013. Moyet refers to it as 'a place that figured highly in my girlhood years.'[1] The video features Moyet, and Moyet's real-life daughter, Caitlin, walking along the rain-soaked pier (as well as standing underneath it) lip-syncing to the song.
