Swan Song (song)

"Swan Song" is a song by English singer Dua Lipa. It was released as a single on 24 January 2019 by Warner Bros. Records. It supported the release of the 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel.[1][2][3] The music video for the song, directed by Floria Sigismondi, accompanied its release on 24 January 2019. "Swan Song" peaked at number 24 in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

This article is about the Dua Lipa song. For other songs with the same title, see Swan song (disambiguation).

"Swan Song"
Single by Dua Lipa
Released24 January 2019 (2019-01-24)
GenreElectropop
Length3:02
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Dua Lipa singles chronology
"If Only"
(2018)		 "Swan Song"
(2019)		 "Don't Start Now"
(2019)
Music video
"Swan Song" on YouTube

Background and composition

"Swan Song" is an electropop track.[4] It is constructed in verse–chorus form and composed in 4
4 time in the key of C minor, with a tempo of 96 beats per minute and a chord progression of A♭–B♭–Cm–Gm7.[5]

According to Rolling Stone, Lipa "croons over muted electronics, airy synths, stabbing brass samples and vocal chants".[6] It has been described as a "defiant number lined with excitable, percolating percussion".[7] It has been categorized

Release

Announced in 2018,[8] Dua Lipa teased "Swan Song" in a clip posted to her Instagram on 3 January 2019.[9][10][11] Originally slated for release on 25 January 2019, Lipa announced that it would be released a day earlier.[12]

Commercial performance

"Swan Song" peaked at number 24 in Ireland and the United Kingdom.[13][14] It also charted at numbers 27 and 31 in Scotland and Czech Republic respectively.[15][16]

Music video

The music video for "Swan Song" was uploaded to Lipa's YouTube account on 24 January 2019.[17] It was directed by Floria Sigismondi.[18][19][20] The video features a futuristic setting similar to the one in a scene of the film Alita: Battle Angel and shows the singer walking on the "smoke-filled streets of Iron City, sporting heavy gold and silver chains over a black leather crop top and pants". Halfway through the video Lipa approaches a mirror that reflects Alita's image back at her as she matches several of Alita's martial arts moves from the film.[21][22] At the end of the video, Lipa's character transforms into Alita.[23][24]

Track listings
Digital download / streaming[25]
No.TitleLength
1."Swan Song (From the Motion Picture 'Alita: Battle Angel')"3:02
Digital download / streaming – Acoustic[26]
No.TitleLength
1."Swan Song (From the Motion Picture 'Alita: Battle Angel')" (Acoustic)3:09
Digital EP – Remixes[27]
No.TitleLength
1."Swan Song (From the Motion Picture 'Alita: Battle Angel')" (DJ Shadow and NastyNasty Remix)3:55
2."Swan Song (From the Motion Picture 'Alita: Battle Angel')" (Maya Jane Coles Rework)3:07
3."Swan Song (From the Motion Picture 'Alita: Battle Angel')" (aboutagirl Remix)3:24
4."Swan Song (From the Motion Picture 'Alita: Battle Angel')" (Calibre Remix)3:39
Total length:14:05

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[28]

  • Dua Lipa – vocals
  • Mattman & Robin – production, backing vocals, bass, drums, guitar, percussion, piano, programming, strings, synthesizer
  • Lorna Blackwood – production
  • Kennedi Lykken – backing vocals
  • Tom Holkenborg – bass, brass, piano, strings, synthesizer
  • John Hanes – engineering
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Randy Merrill – mastering

Charts

Certifications
Certifications and sales for "Swan Song"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[54] Gold 10,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Release dates and formats for "Swan Song"
Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various 24 January 2019
Original Warner Bros. [25]
Australia 25 January 2019 Contemporary hit radio [55]
Italy [56]
United Kingdom [57]
26 January 2019 Adult contemporary radio [58]
United States 28 January 2019 [59]
29 January 2019 Contemporary hit radio [60]
Various 22 March 2019
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Acoustic [26]
12 April 2019 Remixes EP [27]

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