"Minefields" is a song recorded by Moroccan-Canadian singer-songwriter

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and American singer-songwriter

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, released as a

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. The song’s lyrics were written by Faouzia and

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, while the musical composition was done by

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, Jeff Halatrax, and J-kash and production by Johnny Goldstein. , The song was released on October 29, 2020 by

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and

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. The official music video premiered on January 28, 2021 via the official

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channel of Faouzia.

Composition

The sentimental ballad song was structured in the key of C# minor and splendidly showcased Faouzia's upper belting range and Legend's baritone vocals. Faouzia's vocal range in the song spans from C#3 to G#5, three octaves sung interchangeably in chest and mixed registers. The lyrics expressed the grief of two lovers after parting ways and the need to come back as to what initially was. They have to walk through minefields to get to each other and as minefields were planted with explosive mines, they have to endeavour on the deadly odyssey as one tiny mistake of stepping on a mine would prompt them immediate death.

Track listing

*Digital #"Minefields"3:11 #"Minefields (live acoustic)"3:13 #"Minefields ( Ofenbach remix)"3:49 #"Minefields (

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remix)"3:02

Charts

The song peaked at number 45 on Canadian ''Billboard'' Digital Chart, at number 43 on French SNEP singles chart and on the

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in French Belgian market peaking at number 44 in the bubbling under chart.Ultratop Faouzia page
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Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Faouzia Ouhiya – vocals and writer *

- vocals * Johnny Goldstein – producer, programmer and writer * Tim McClain – engineer * Chris Galland – mixing engineer * Jeremie Inhaber – assistant mixing engineer * Robin Florent – assistant mixing engineer * Scott Desmarais – assistant mixing engineer * Emerson Mancini – masterer * Manny Marroquin – mixer *

– writer *

– writer * Jeff Halatrax – writer * J-kash – writer

References

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