"Lover to Lover" is a song by English

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band

Florence and the Machine Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, harpist Tom Monger, and ...

. The song was released on 30 November 2012, as a digital download on

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as the fifth and final single from their second studio album ''

Ceremonials ''Ceremonials'' is the second studio album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. It was released on 28 October 2011 by Island Records. The band started working on the album in 2010 and finished it in 2011. The standard edition of ...

'' (2011). The song was written by

Florence Welch Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28 August 1986) is an English singer, the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The band's debut studio album, ''Lungs'' (2009), topped the UK Albums Chart and wo ...

and Francis "Eg" White and produced by

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. The

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version of "Lover to Lover" is an edited version of the original with further production by Chris Hayden. The song became the band's first single to miss the top 200 in the

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Critical reception

"Lover to Lover" received acclaim from music critics. In a review of ''Ceremonials'', Allison Fitts of Dart News Online praised the song, calling it "one of the most unique ongson Ceremonials" and saying, "'Lover to Lover' is basically what the band would have sounded like 50 years ago", and compared it to the works of Fitz & the Tantrums. American magazines ''

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'' and ''

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'', in their reviews of the album, compared the song to the work of

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Music video

A music video to accompany the release of ''Lover to Lover'' was first released onto YouTube on 19 November 2012 at a total length of four minutes and twenty seconds. The video stars Welch alongside Australian actor

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and was directed by Vincent Haycock, who previously worked with the band when he directed the music video for Calvin Harris's single, "Sweet Nothing."

Charts

Release history

References

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