"Sky Full of Song" is a song by English indie rock band

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from their fourth studio album, '' High as Hope'' (2018). It was written and produced by Florence Welch, Emile Haynie and Thomas Bartlett. The song was released on 12 April 2018 as a

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for Record Store Day.

Background

Sky Full of Song was inspired by Welch performing on stage. She opened up that she feels an otherworldly sense of being. However, at the same time she feels a sense of loneliness once she starts performing on stage. At times she doesn't know how to enjoy herself and so lets the song take over her being. According to the Rolling Stone magazine Welch made a statement, that “Sky Full of Song” came to her “fully formed.” She said, “Sometimes when you are performing you get so high, it’s hard to know how to come down. ..There is this feeling of being cracked open, rushing endlessly outwards and upwards, and wanting somebody to hold you still, bring you back to yourself. It’s an incredible, celestial, but somehow lonely feeling.”

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''High as Hope''. Recording and management *Recorded at Beacon House, Sunset Sound,

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(Los Angeles) *Mixed at Electric Lady Studios (New York) *Mastered at Metropolis Mastering (London) *Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd, Universal Music Corp/Heavycrate Music (

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), Domino Songs Ltd Personnel * Florence Welch – vocals, composition, production, percussion * Emile Haynie – composition, production, synths, drums, recording * Thomas Bartlett – composition, additional production, bass, keyboards * Greg Leisz –

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*Rob Ackroyd – guitars *Tom Monger – harp *Jasper Randall – vocal contractor *Angela Parrish – backing vocals *Leslie Stevens – backing vocals *Brett Shaw – recording *Morgan Stratton – additional recording *Michael Harris – additional recording *Zachary Zajdel – engineering assistance *Christopher Cerullo – engineering assistance * Tom Elmhirst – mixing *John Davis – mastering

Charts

References

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