"Lie Down in Darkness" is a song by American

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musician

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. It was released as the third single from his tenth

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'' on August 1, 2011.

Background

The song features vocals from Joy Malcolm, who later joined him on his 2011 Destroyed Tour in support for the album.

Release

On June 24, 2011, Moby announced that a new single would be released from ''Destroyed'', and invited users to suggest a song to release as a single through the website. On June 27, it was announced that the next single would be "Lie Down in Darkness". A sample of "Lie Down in Darkness" was used in the 2012

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advert for ''Nuit Pour Femme'', featuring

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Music video

On August 15, the song's video was released exclusively via ''

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''. It was filmed by UK filmmakers

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, who also directed the documentary '' Isolation'', among others. The video follows an astronaut looking back on his life of space travel, journeying through an architecturally heightened London.

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and Joseph Bull, aka Institute for Eyes, said about the idea for the video: “The song has a graceful, very cinematic quality, so the idea of weightlessness quickly began to form. An intense otherworldly journey seemed to mirror the atmosphere of the song. Somesuch and Co helped us to put together a great team to make the video happen; we hope you enjoy it.” Moby said about the video: "It was great working with video directors Institute for Eyes, and I'm really happy with the final result. Their video really enhances the cinematic qualities in the song."

Track listing

* Digital download #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 3:20 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 9:09 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 5:35 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 6:01 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 7:18 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 5:16 * Digital download – remixes #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 3:52 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 7:18 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 6:02 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 6:01 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 5:37 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 9:32 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 5:45 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 5:03 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 7:37 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 5:35 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 6:09 #"Lie Down in Darkness" – 9:09

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control Moby songs 2011 singles Mute Records singles Songs written by Moby