B-side "Jetstream" (Acoustic) Genre Indie rock | Recorded 2009 | |
Released 1 March 2010 (2010-03-01) Format Promo CD, digital download Length 3:59 (radio edit)
4:21 (album version) | ||
"Andalucia" (sometimes spelled as "Andalucía") is the first single taken from Doves' first career-spanning best-of compilation, titled The Places Between: The Best of Doves. The song was released as a promo single on 1 March 2010. The single received its first airplay on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 3 March 2010, despite not being listed on the track list for that show, and again on 4 March 2010, on Steve Lamacq's BBC 6 Music radio show Roundtable. Both shows are available for streaming on the BBC's website. The song was then released as a digital download-only single on 5 April 2010, the same day the compilation was released. "Andalucia" also marks the first Doves single release not available commercially on a physical format.
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A music video was produced for the song, filmed in Granada and directed by Soup Collective and photographer Percy Dean, but was not included on the DVD for The Places Between. nthWORD said of the music video, "It's very possible that the video for Doves' "Andalucia" will start your day off on the right feet. Dig the old man." A video of Jimi Goodwin and Jez Williams performing an acoustic version of "Andalucia" at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire premiered on The Guardian's website on 4 April 2010.
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All tracks written by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams.