"Mystery of Love" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter
Sufjan Stevens and produced by Thomas Bartlett. It was
self-released
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digitally, under license to
Madison Gate Records
Madison Gate Records, Inc. is an American record label owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment that specializes in soundtracks and other recordings derived from films, television programs, and other entertainment media.
History
Madison Gate Records ...
and
Sony Classical
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, on 1 December 2017.
Luca Guadagnino
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, director of the 2017 film ''
Call Me by Your Name Call Me by Your Name may refer to:
* ''Call Me by Your Name'' (novel), a 2007 novel by André Aciman
* ''Call Me by Your Name'' (film), a 2017 film based on the novel, directed by Luca Guadagnino
** '' Call Me by Your Name: Original Motion Pictur ...
'', approached the singer to contribute to the film as a narrator, but Stevens declined and agreed to record an original song instead. Stevens was granted full creative control during the songwriting process and received inspiration from the film's script and
André Aciman
André Aciman (; born 2 January 1951) is an Italian-American writer. Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, he is currently a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, where he teaches the history of litera ...
's
novel of the same name. An
acoustic song, the lyrics describe romance and allude to the relationship between film characters Elio and Oliver. They also make several references to the state of
Oregon
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, birds, and
Christianity
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.
A music video for the track was released on 4 January 2018, on ''
Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to ...
''s
YouTube
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channel. It contains clips from the film and footage of artwork recorded at the
National Archaeological Museum in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. The song was featured in the trailer for the movie and during a scene in the film where Elio and Oliver go hiking in
Bergamo. It was featured on the film's
official soundtrack in addition to two other Stevens-penned songs ("Futile Devices" and "Visions of Gideon"). Critical response to the song was generally positive.
"Mystery of Love" was nominated for awards at several ceremonies, including the
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
The Critics' Choice Movie Awards (formerly known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award) is an awards show presented annually by the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association (CCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Writ ...
,
Georgia Film Critics Association
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, and
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards The Guild of Music Supervisors Awards recognize music supervisors in 14 categories, representing movies, television, games and trailers. '' Compton'', '' Carol'' and '' Furious 7'' were among the winners of the 2016 ceremony, while '' La La Land'' ...
. It was also nominated by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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for the
Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song also received a nomination for the
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the
61st ceremony. Commercially, "Mystery of Love" entered ''
Billboard''s
Hot Rock Songs
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chart in the United States and reached the main
record chart
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s in France, Hungary, Portugal, and Scotland.
Concept and development
"Mystery of Love" was written by
Sufjan Stevens.
In an interview, film director and producer
Luca Guadagnino
Luca Guadagnino (; born 10 August 1971) is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films are often characterized by their emotional complexities, sensuality and sumptuous visuals. He is also known for his frequent collaboration ...
said that although he normally selects the music for his films himself, he wanted to find an "emotional narrator to the film" through music.
He also wanted the music to feel connected to main character
Elio Perlman
''Call Me by Your Name'' is a 2007 coming-of-age novel by American writer André Aciman that centers on a blossoming romantic relationship between an intellectually precocious, curious, and pretentious 17-year-old American-Italian Jewish boy nam ...
, a young pianist who enjoys transcribing and adapting musical pieces in order to get close to his love interest, Oliver.
Describing the process as challenging due to Stevens being a "very reserved person as an artist", Guadagnino eventually convinced him to create music for the film and supplied him the script and
André Aciman
André Aciman (; born 2 January 1951) is an Italian-American writer. Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, he is currently a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, where he teaches the history of litera ...
's
novel, which served as the basis for the film, for inspiration.
Stevens was also inspired after partaking in conversation with Guadagnino about the story's plot and characters.
Stevens was given complete creative control while songwriting, which he was grateful for. He also thanked Guadagnino's willingness to trust others for the opportunity.
Although he had only been asked to pen one song for ''Call Me by Your Name'', Stevens offered Guadagnino two ("Mystery of Love" and "Visions of Gideon"), which were both used.
''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'' first reported on Stevens' involvement with the film's soundtrack in January 2017.
Although Stevens had declined a voiceover role in the film, Guadagnino jokingly called the singer the narrator of the movie, saying that he fulfilled "a sort of narrator that could make justice of the book
ndof the film,
sdrawn from the narrative of Elio".
"Mystery of Love" was first teased in the trailer for ''Call Me by Your Name'', which premiered on 1 August 2017.
Stevens contributed to a total of three songs on the
soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack ...
: "Mystery of Love", "Visions of Gideon", and a remix of his 2010 song "Futile Devices", which originally appeared on his sixth studio album ''
The Age of Adz''.
His work on ''Call Me by Your Name'' marks Stevens' first contributions to a feature film soundtrack.
The film's soundtrack was released on 3 November 2017, by
Madison Gate Records
Madison Gate Records, Inc. is an American record label owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment that specializes in soundtracks and other recordings derived from films, television programs, and other entertainment media.
History
Madison Gate Records ...
, whereas "Mystery of Love" was
self-released
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as a single on 1 December 2017, to digital platform hubs such as the
iTunes Store
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, under license to Madison Gate Records and
Sony Classical
Sony Classical is an American record label founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records. The CBS Records Group was acquired by ...
.
In February 2018, it was announced that "Mystery of Love" would be physically released on limited edition
10" vinyl
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as part of the special releases apart of
Record Store Day
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in the United States. In addition to new cover art taken from the film, the single was paired with
A-side and B-side
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tracks "Visions of Gideon" and the Doveman remix of "Futile Devices". The shipment of vinyl was limited to 10,000 copies and each vinyl sleeve was individually labeled.
Composition and lyrical interpretation
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"Mystery of Love" is an
acoustic song that lasts four minutes and eight seconds.
It is composed in the key of
G major
G major (or the key of G) is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Its key signature has one sharp. Its relative minor is E minor and its parallel minor is G minor.
The G major scale is:
Notable composi ...
using
common time
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and a
tempo
In musical terminology, tempo ( Italian, 'time'; plural ''tempos'', or ''tempi'' from the Italian plural) is the speed or pace of a given piece. In classical music, tempo is typically indicated with an instruction at the start of a piece (ofte ...
of 108
beats per minute
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Common uses
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** Beat (police), the territory that a police officer patrols
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* Battery ...
.
Instrumentation is provided by
strings, a
mandolin, a
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...
, and a piano.
Three reviewers from ''
North by Northwestern'' felt that Stevens' songs "capture
sense of intimacy" that alludes to the film's themes of
mythology
Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narra ...
.
Alex Robert Ross from
Noisey wrote that the track contains a "delicate, plucked-guitar" beat.
''
The Daily Californian
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''s Anagha Komaragiri described it as "light and airy".
Daniel Mergarry, a writer for ''
Gay Times
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'', called "Mystery of Love" the "more hopeful" of Stevens' two songs,
and David Bauder from ''
Albany Times Union
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'' called the track a "lovely, ethereal
ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...
".
On the track, Stevens'
vocal range
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spans from the low note of D
3 to the high note of E
4.
Guadagnino considered Stevens' vocals to be crystal and equated them to that of an angel.
Noisey's Alex Robert Ross noted that he sings in a "semi-whisper".
Stevens considered the creation of both "Mystery of Love" and "Visions of Gideon" to be easy as they are lyrically about "love and loss", which he has used as the basis for songwriting since he was a child.
The song opens with Stevens singing the first verse, the lyrics including "Oh, to see without my eyes / The first time that you kissed me".
Brandon Tensley from ''
Pacific Standard'' noted the lyrics, "The first time that you touched me / Oh, will wonders ever cease?", to describe the complicated relationship between Elio and Oliver.
In the third iteration of the chorus, the lyrics change to "The last time that you touched me" after Stevens asks "How much sorrow can I take?" in the previous verse, referencing "how a gnawing emptiness smacks into
lio and Oliver'sinitial bliss once summer ends".
According to Ivan Raykoff from
Oxford University Press' OUPblog, the song "describes the communicative power of touch over vision" and the potential to find both comfort and pain in
nostalgia.
Joe Utichi from ''
Deadline Hollywood
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'' noted references to the state of
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
in "Mystery of Love", which Stevens had previously experimented with in his seventh studio album ''
Carrie & Lowell
''Carrie & Lowell'' is the seventh studio album by American musician Sufjan Stevens. It was released on March 31, 2015, by Asthmatic Kitty. It is executively produced by Stevens, and features guest contributions from Thomas Bartlett, Sean Care ...
'' (2015).
Stevens mentions
Rogue River during a verse, which is both a waterway and
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the state.
In an interview, the singer confirmed Utichi's claim and explained that "Mystery of Love" was written in Oregon while touring for his album.
Other references in the song are to birds, which Stevens claims represents "absolute freedom and transcendence".
Sam Eichner from
UrbanDaddy
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noted themes of
Christianity
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in the lyrics, saying that "'Mystery of Love,' in particular – ha
a spiritual bent, exalting the feeling to the realm of the divine".
Critical reception
''
Chicago Tribune
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''s Michael Phillips praised "Mystery of Love" and "Visions of Gideon" for being "piercing original songs" and found them to help the viewer find sympathy with understanding Elio's emotions.
Elliot Kronsberg from ''North by Northwestern'' enjoyed "Mystery of Love" the most out of Stevens' three contributions, stating: "I got so excited when it was on and it’s been stuck in my head for almost a week."
Hannah Fleming, a writer for ''
Paste'', felt that the song "solidifies Stevens as a kind of modern
Shakespeare
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sonneteer",
while the staff at ''
Vanity Fair'' described it as "heartfelt".
''
The Daily Campus
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''s Abby Brone praised the song's ability to "accentuate the captivating quality of the film".
In a column for ''
Mint
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'', Sanjor Narayan discussed her favorite songs by Stevens and listed "Mystery of Love" as one of five tracks for readers to listen to.
Bill Pearis from
BrooklynVegan criticized the track for not "breaking any new ground" but called its sound "very much welcome".
He compared its musical direction to the style Stevens featured on his studio albums ''
Seven Swans
''Seven Swans'' is a folk rock music album by Sufjan Stevens, released on March 16, 2004 on Sounds Familyre Records. It is Stevens' fourth studio album and features songs about Christian spiritual themes, figures such as Abraham, and Christ's Tran ...
'' (2004) and ''Carrie & Lowell'' (2015).
Accolades
Several
music critics
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suggested that Stevens would receive award nominations for his work on the track. Larry Fitzmaurice from ''
Vice
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'' predicted that both "Mystery of Love" and "Visions of Gideon" were strong enough for
Golden Globe nominations.
''
Entertainment Tonight''s Stacy Lambe wrote that they "make Stevens a dark horse contender for the
Oscars
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’
Best Original Song
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Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
category".
Glenn Whipp from ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' agreed and called it a "good bet" for being a contender.
At the
23rd Critics' Choice Awards
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, "Mystery of Love" received a nomination for
Best Song, but lost to "
Remember Me" from the 2017 animated film ''
Coco''.
The song was up in the same category at awards from the
Georgia Film Critics Association
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, but also lost to "Remember Me".
In the Best Song/Recording Created for a Film category at the
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards The Guild of Music Supervisors Awards recognize music supervisors in 14 categories, representing movies, television, games and trailers. '' Compton'', '' Carol'' and '' Furious 7'' were among the winners of the 2016 ceremony, while '' La La Land'' ...
, "Mystery of Love" was selected as one of the five nominees.
At the
90th Academy Awards
The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2017, and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was held on March 4, ...
, both "Mystery of Love" and "Visions of Gideon" were shortlisted as two of seventy contenders for the
Best Original Song
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
category.
The former choice was ultimately nominated and is Stevens' first nomination in the category.
''Albany Times Union''s David Bauder called "Mystery of Love" the "outlier among the nominees, at least stylistically".
Ultimately, the award went to "Remember Me" from ''Coco''.
"Mystery of Love" also received a nomination for
Best Song Written for Visual Media
The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (including its previous names) is the Grammy Awards awarded to songs written for films, television, video games or other visual media.
Recipients
* Each year is linked t ...
at the
61st Annual Grammy Awards
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, thus becoming Stevens's first
Grammy Award
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nomination. It won the
David di Donatello for Best Original Song in March 2019.
Commercial performance
In the United States, "Mystery of Love" entered the
Hot Rock & Alternative Songs
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chart compiled by ''
Billboard'', which tracks digital download sales, streaming data, and radio airplay for rock songs over all formats and determines the most successful ones.
During the issue dating 20 January 2018, the single debuted at number 47, becoming Stevens' first and only appearance on the chart. Following Stevens' performance of “Mystery of Love” during the Academy Awards, it garnered 129,000 on-demand audio streams, up 60 percent compared to the day prior, when it received 80,000 plays. Among the five nominees, "Mystery of Love" was the greatest gainer in terms of daily streams.
During the week of 17 March, it peaked at number 13.
It also reached the Alternative Songs digital component chart in the US, reaching number 6.
"Mystery of Love" also entered the
record chart
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s in three European countries. It reached number 44 on France's
SNEP chart, peaked at number 34 on the
Hungarian Single Top 40 list, and entered Portugal's
AFP chart at number 93.
Promotion and music video
"Mystery of Love" is featured in the official trailer for ''Call Me by Your Name'' and during a scene in the film where Elio and Oliver go hiking in
Bergamo.
As part of his nomination for the Academy Award for Best Song, Stevens was invited to perform "Mystery of Love" at the awards ceremony, which took place on 4 March 2018. He was joined onstage by fellow musicians
Chris Thile
Christopher Scott Thile (; born February 20, 1981) is an American mandolinist, singer, songwriter, composer, and radio personality, best known for his work in the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek and the acoustic folk and progressive blue ...
,
Moses Sumney
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, and
St. Vincent. While on stage, he wore a custom
Gucci
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pink and purple-striped tuxedo, embossed with blue dragons. Stevens told reporters at the show that he had never worn a tuxedo prior to his live performance.
The song also appears in the episode titled "What Have They Done?" of
HBO's ''
Big Little Lies'', aired on 9 June 2019.
A music video for "Mystery of Love" was uploaded onto ''
Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to ...
''s
YouTube
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channel on 4 January 2018.
The video featured scenes from the film and new footage captured at the
National Archaeological Museum in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
.
Lauren O'Neill from Noisey lauded the video, called it a collection of "the film's most iconic moments", and claimed that "the whole package
ssure to make you misty eyed". She also noted that the clip focused on common symbols and images from the movie, such as "peaches, swimming,
nd theItalian countryside".
''The Film Stage''s Jordan Raup described the video as "a beautiful ode to one of 2017's best romances".
Track listings and formats
*Digital download/promotional CD single/streaming
*# "Mystery of Love" – 4:08
*10" single
** A1. "Mystery of Love" – 4:08
** B1. "Visions of Gideon" – 4:07
** B2. "Futile Devices" (Doveman Remix) – 2:15
Charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2017 singles
2017 songs
Call Me by Your Name
Song recordings produced by Doveman
Songs written by Sufjan Stevens
Songs written for films
Sufjan Stevens songs
LGBT-related songs