"Spellbound" is the first single released by

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's fifth studio album, ''

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''. The song is their first chart entry on the U.S. ''Billboard'' charts since "

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" in 2006. It debuted at #36 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart, and has become their first Top 30 single on that chart. The single officially debuted on 21 February 2009, when the band performed at the Soundwave Festival in Brisbane, Australia.

Music video

The music video for "Spellbound" was directed by Italian director Roberto Cinardi aka Saku and filmed in

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at Dolce & Gabbana's Gold in February 2009. The clip was produced by Apnea Film and the costume was designed by

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. A 30-second teaser of the video was released on Italian MTV website on 23 March, before MTV Brand:New premiered the entire video the same day. The music video shows the band performing the song in the fashionable Dolce & Gabbana Gold restaurant. The second version of the video alternate images of the band is performing in the middle of a golden room with images of different aspects of being under a spell of something: the girl obsessed by her weight and look, the guy who wants to be a superman, the politician, etc. The video won an award in Italy at Premio Videoclip Italiano for "Best Editing" in 2009. * Director:

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* Producer: Don Gilmore * Director of Photography: Patrizio Saccò * Editor: Saku * Production Company: Apnea Film

Track listing

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Digital Download Single # "Spellbound" - 3:21 # "Audio Commentary Spellbound (Cristina Scabbia Talks About the Forthcoming Lacuna Coil Album Shallow Life)" - 4.31

Release history

Chart performance

The single peaked at #30 on the U.S. ''

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chart in July 2009. It became the band's second single to chart in the United States, as well as their second Top 40 single on the rock charts. "

" reached #36 in 2006. It also peaked at #24 on the US

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chart in September 2009.

Footnotes

{{Lacuna Coil 2009 singles Lacuna Coil songs 2009 songs EMI Records singles Century Media Records singles Songs written by Andrea Ferro Songs written by Cristina Scabbia Songs written by Don Gilmore (record producer)