"Shadows" is a song by Danish pop group

Alphabeat Alphabeat were a Danish pop band from Silkeborg, fronted by singers Stine Bramsen and Anders Stig Gehrt Nielsen. Their single " Fascination" was a major hit in Denmark during the summer of 2007, as well as the United Kingdom in 2008. Follow-up ...

. It was released on 1 March 2019 by Warner Music Denmark as the lead single from their fourth studio album ''

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''. The song peaked at number nineteen on the Danish Singles Chart.

Background

In an interview with ''

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'', Anders SG said: "When our manager heard us demo the song through the wall to his office, he came into the studio and was like, 'What is this? It's great!' This does happen sometimes, but not on a regular basis, so we thought, maybe we're onto something. For some reason the song reminded us a little bit of some of the more melancholy Motown hits like 'Standing In The Shadows Of Love', so we wanted to have a kind of upbeat soul groove together with the pop hooks. 'Shadows' has a kind of signature drumbeat, which we like to think has become a bit of an Alphabeat trademark." When speaking of getting the band back together, vocalist Stine Bramsen says that it was always "written in the stars" that they would join forces once again.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Shadows" was first released on YouTube on 1 March 2019.

Background

Music video

Track listing

Charts

Release history

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