"Ghost of You and Me" is a 2001 single by British pop band

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. It appears on BBMak's debut studio album, '' Sooner or Later''. The song peaked at number 8 on the US Adult Contemporary chart. It was written by

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and

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(former vocalist of Mr. Mister). The song was covered in Australia by Rick Price for his album ''

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''.

Background

"Ghost of You and Me" was originally recorded by

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for his 1995 album ''Time Was''.

played the demo for BBMak member Mark Barry when the band was recording in Los Angeles. Barry brought the demo to his band mates and they agreed to record it, with Barry saying, "When we recorded it we were so pleased at how it turned out to be. We had a full orchestra on the track. It sounds big, its a big epic ballad. It's one of those songs you know when you hear it you fall in love with it. So from our reaction as well we were very confident it would be hit".

Music and lyrics

The song is a

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and has a tempo of 200 beats per minute. Chuck Taylor of '' Billboard'' wrote the song has "a vivid lyric characterizing one's reluctance to give up on a loved one, alongside a bounty of percussive brush strokes, piano, a guitar, and even a weeping cello".

Music video

The music video was directed by

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and shot in

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. Mark Barry, Christian Burns, and

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sing and play guitar on the beach and walk through the streets. They are each haunted by visions of their respective ex-lovers. Later, the men sing on an outdoor stage, flanked by violin players. The women in the visions multiply into many more "ghosts", and a final aerial shot shows the group of women walking on the island, wearing white and carrying candles. The video became a mainstay on the MTV show

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Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD1 liner notes.Ghost of You and Me (UK CD1 single liner notes).

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. 2001. Locations * Recorded at Hollywood Studios ( Hollywood,

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) * Mixed at Royaltone Studios (California) BBMak * Christian Burns – writing * Mark Barry – writing *

– writing Other personnel *

– writing *

- writing *

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- production * Allen Sides – recording *

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– mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

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