♦️𝑨𝑵𝑵𝑰𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑨𝑹𝒀♦️ 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑫𝑨𝒀: 𝑬𝑵𝑮𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑯 𝑺𝑼𝑴𝑴𝑬𝑹 𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑵

🎶💦 𝐈'𝐌 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓, 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐊𝐘 💦🎶

𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏 is the second track and the 4th single of the album 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔, released on February 23, 2004. The song reached number 23 in the UK charts. The single version of the song differs particularly from the one on the album, with the addition of new vocal parts and several cuts of the played parts, especially the keyboards.

🎶 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏 (Album version)
https://bit.ly/3GfyJCL ⭐

 Photo credits: Jenny Lewis (Placebo),  CD Covers, Screenshot of the video, Edit by Laetitia

📍 It's one of the first song the band worked on after the Black Market Music Tour, during their break. This song is built on a repetition like Taste in Men. It is about long distance love, about two lovers who are separated. In the song, the protagonist looks up at planes flying high in the sky where his lover is flying to her destination, "I'm in the basement, you're in the sky". The repetition in the music can be a mirror to the pain the character is feeling: a long lasting absence, anguish and sadness.

💬 As with Taste in Men, I was trying to write something repetitive. A kind of mantra about leaving... My lover leaves me to travel, I look at the planes in the sky, I think she might be in one of them. I'm still in London, it's summer, it's raining, it's boring and I miss her terribly.
✔️ 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴

💬 This is one is the fisrt songs we started working on during the break period. During the eight months between touring, (the Black Market Tour ending) and going back into the studio. At that time, I was on a bit of Hip-Hop trip and wrote a couple of other tracks which are quite Dr. Dre inspired and that one was the most Placebo out of all of them.It has real kind of DJ Shadow flavour to it as well. It's a simple song, I think, as well, about missing somebody really, about being in England during the summer while it's raining and the person you love is gallivanting around the globe flying to sunny places and just wishing they were there.
✔️ 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 - 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵, 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 15

📍 The English Summer Rain video is very special and different from anything Placebo has ever delivered. Brian, Stefan and Steve appear as animated puppets, playing their instruments in front of the well known 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔.

📍 A character also appears in his living room, looking worried and impatient, waiting, overthinking ? It was created by 𝑮𝒓𝒆́𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒅, a South African fan who put all the chances on his side 👏 😊

🎶 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏 (Official Music Video)
 https://bit.ly/3zPKzkv ⭐

📢 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: This is an interesting video. This is the first time that we used animation. In fact, this video was sent to us by a fan from South Africa. So it proves that initiative and persistence pays off. We find it very amusing to look ourselves as puppets. He was actually at college when he did this. He'd spend all of his time not doing his homework and doing that animation instead.

It makes us giggle. It's interesting to see ourselves in puppet form.

📢 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: A fantastic job. The movements of the puppets and everything.

📢 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: This version is the remix from the album by Dimitri Tikovoi. It features extra lyrics on the end.
✔️ 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘝𝘋

Screenshots from the video, edit by Laetitia

📍 There are various releases for this single.

💿 7" vinyle

A - English Summer Rain (Single Version)

B - This Picture (Junior Sanchez Remix)

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒔 https://bit.ly/340Prry

💿 CD single

1 - English Summer Rain (Single Version)

2 - I'll Be Yours (Version 4AM)

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒔 https://bit.ly/3ovXxzF

💿 CD single enhanced

1 - English Summer Rain (Album Version)

2 - English Summer Rain (Ecstasy Of St. Theresa Remix)

3 - This Picture (Junior Sanchez Remix)

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒔 https://bit.ly/3oavGo9

📍 Remixes

🎶 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏 (Ecstasy Of St Theresa Remix) https://bit.ly/3nceyhu ⭐

🎶 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏 (Freelance Hellraiser Mix) https://bit.ly/3tihX23 ⭐

📍 The lyrics of the single contain extra lyrics which can be seen on both covers of the CDs. It magnifies the lack that the character feels, to the point of taking his breath away.

"𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢"

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