Claire Richards with Andy Bell - Summer Night City [Official Lyric Video]
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2023
- 'Summer Night City' with Andy Bell is out now!!
It's a full-circle moment, inviting Andy to sing with me on this record, 12 years after we met on Popstar to Operastar. Given the history of Steps and Erasure with ABBA, we couldn't resist embracing the challenge!!
'Summer Night City' is a track from my new album 'Euphoria', and I am so happy to have Andy be a part of it! ✨
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Credits:
Produced by Steve Anderson and Ian Masterson
Lyrics:
Summer night city
Summer night city
Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in the park
Summer night city
In the sun, I feel like sleeping
I can't take it for too long
My impatience slowly creeping
Up my spine and growing strong
I know what's waiting there for me
Tonight I'm loose and fancy-free, ah-ah
When the night comes with the action
I just know it's time to go
Can't resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo
Lots to take and lots to give
Time to breathe and time to live
Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in the park
Summer night city
It's elusive call it glitter
Somehow something turns me on
Some folks only see the litter
We don't miss them when they're gone
I love the feeling in the air
My kind of people everywhere, ah-ah
When the night comes with the action
I just know it's time to go
Can't resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo
And tomorrow, when it's dawning
And the first birds start to sing
In the pale light of the morning
Nothing's worth remembering
It's a dream, it's out of reach
Scattered driftwood on a beach
Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in the park
Summer night city
Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in the park
Summer night city
Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in the park
Summer night city - Hudba
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Magnificent!
Steps, Erasure, ABBA - forever!❤️💕🥰
Blimey - why have they never dueted before? This WORKS! Love it
'Summer Night City' is one of ABBA's best songs and its nice to see it getting attention.
Love it and love Andy bell too xxxxxx ❤
Love the version! Absolutely powerhouse vocal from CLaire Richards🔥🔥🔥
Great collaboration 😀
Absolute banger not disappointed
I love this! Very nice. Wonderful to hear Andy sing ABBA again. ❤️
Fantastic Claire and Andy this should be No 1 can’t wait till the album is released Claire 👍👍👍👍👍
Great track! Love 80’ vibes!
Oh my heart what a cover Claire and Andy brilliant ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Love love love
Love it, Andy's voice is great as ever. Many comments that his voice doesn't match this song. Well, he's no Agnetha or Frida, but that's what makes it different. Enjoy! :)
I love Andy Bell, and Claire was always my favourite Step. This is fab.
Love this! Big ABBA fan and I think y'all did a great job on this
This is amazing! As a lifelong erasure and Steps fan (Claire being my favourite) this is a match made in heaven. I think Andy and Claires voice compliment each other beautifully. Who cares whos taking the lead? We need an album of duets from this pairing with Vince Clarke doing the music. Truly a visionary pairing to put Bell and Richards together. Is it just me or can you see this being performed on Strictly as a Cha Cha Cha? Congrats to Claire and Andy on what deserves to be a massive hit. Love it 😘
amazing!!! great collab! Brilliant from the both of you 🎉🔥🔥🎶🎙
Abba is Abba. Period! But this adds a whole new dimension. The bass is infectious and adds a new twist on the original. The production is balanced and gives credance to Claire over Andy without dininishing his imput. The genious of Benny and Bjorn re- imagined. I wonder what they think of the remake? If it were me i think id be pround that 2 very well established artists had collaborated to give my musical vision a new lease of life. I really do think Claire and Andy have done this track proud and given it their all. It really is something special. Earler today i listened to Roma Kenga's version of this song. Its vaguely similar but witout the panache and sparkle of Claire and Andy. This deserves to be a massive summer hit. I keep my fingers X that the bemoaners dont sink it. Its amazing. Best thing ive heard all year!
Fantastic tune, two great vocalists collaborating, love to see it! 👏🏻👏🏻
Very underrated Abba song getting attention
Love this
Amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
BEYOND AWESOME!!!
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!❤
Love it ❤
AGH! YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME! 2 OF MY FAVES!
A masterpiece song in itself, and in this remix - incredible.
Love it Claire!!! Xx
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! Playing this out in Fire Island tonight!
I LOVE THIS SONG
Got my wrist band to see Claire with the gang at pride Brighton so excited xxxx
Andy Bell 🔝
💃🏽🕺🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Andy 🥰😍
Goosebumps ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Another amazing track from the album fantastic ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Well done claire
Summer night city#claire#andy# great version of a already classic song
Two great singers together. Brilliant track. Thank you.
I loooove it! Dynamic, fantastic voices, little changes, I'm Dancing❤❤❤❤❤❤thank you 🎉
Awesome 💜💜💜!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Claire have to say your muisc is out of this world with amazing melodic techno and i can't wait for new songs
Groovy baby..
As *kitsch* as u'd expect from this pair of disco queens...their voixes complement nicely, mind u, esp liking Andy goin downscale fer thos deeper notes...💙🙏👍
Nice to hear one of the lesser rated ABBA tracks get a bit of a makeover. Good version this.
Los dos cantantes de mis bandas favoritas, un sueño ❤
What a great combo.
I watched that season of Popstar to Operastar. You should've been in the top 2 with Joe who won. Great ABBA cover.
Love it
absolutely brillant love it
Excellent cover of one of my fave ABBA songs
Fab track great song after a few listens it’s very good
Really fun, nice one Claire :)
Wow ❤🔥⭐️
I think it sounds great! Good production. Would have been interesting with more of a glitter-electro pop touch but its fun.
❤ I love the harmony swap at 2:24 ❤
wow!
Andy has a 4 Octave range, Claire has at least a 2-3 octave soprano range.
That is talent.
I agree with other comments that the production overtook the quality of the vocals. I'd love to hear it stripped back.
Brilliant
Oh! My! Effing God!! My Gayness just exploded!!! 💕💕💕
WOW this is fantastic song love it ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Love it! ❤
Brilliant! a fantastic version of my favourite Abba songs. Proper feel good!
Love most of it some I don’t. Two great powerful singers giving their all. Would love a Colab album now which singers would I pick. Angelina Jordan, Pet Shop Boys, Joe McEldery , Kylie many more. You have to admire them for covering this goldstandard song❤❤❤❤❤
Who’s going to see steps at pride! Xx
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🇧🇷🇧🇷Claire❤❤ fantastic duet🎉💃🕺😍❤️💃🕺🎉🇧🇷🇧🇷
Such fun ❤ thank you
I love this song, however it feels like it's Andy and Claire, not Claire and Andy, but, I never knew this song existed until now and I love ABBA, such an underrated song
YEESSSSSSS!!!! Omfgggg this is amazing!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
How good is this?!
At least it could have been much better without Andy Bell: he not singing very well here(a bit out of key) and too dominant( or mixed down too loud!)
Very good vocals Claire!Btw i wonder if both C and AB are aware of the original unedited Abba version with the epic slow intro.
Andy Bell definitely knows it as he was in the ABBA fan club.
OMG I love it! Two very different voices but it works so well! ❤❤❤
You're deaf!
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🎉🎉🎉🎉
It somehow lacks the driving power and punch of the original by ABBA. It needs more oomph.
YES!… those key changes from verses into the chorus are lacklustre…the key changes needed to be more prominent
Claire has morphed into Agnetha!
Yeah, a cheap copy of her 😂
@@JimmyBower-gf3vbthe shade😂
i'm here for Andy Bell....
Any perfect for Claire ..end of
Not one of ABBA's better songs. Claire's voice sounds fantastic as always. Not sure if i like it or not though, think it'll take a bit more listenening too to win me over.
This is new 1980s stuff for 2023
❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🌈🌈🌈
Really good version of the song
Oh no..
Those having a moan about Andy Bell's voice bear in mind hes 59, used to smoke and drink. Which can have a long lasting effect on the vocals
I think the mix has given Claire the edge on this track (After all it's her track 'featuring' Andy Bell. However, I bet if Andy's voice was released at full throttle he could give Claire a run for her money) I think it's a good balance. As a lifelong erasure/steps fan I've been waiting to hear this track and it's a definite grower. I'm not disappointed. Would love to hear more of this pairing. I think their voices compliment each other perfectly. Wern't they both contestants on Popstar to Opera star? A good match.
They were and Claire got to use her operatic vocals on the Party on The Dancefloor tour during It's The Way You Make Me Feel with the others joining in
I have to say this is pretty banging after being disappointed with "I Surrender" being chosen as the single. Claire's adlibs towards the end is phenomenal and fitting! The drop and music instrumentation during "My kind of people everywhere" is DOPE!
I’ll wait for the video I think it makes a difference
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This is good… BUT… I wish there was more emphasis on the key change from the verses into the chorus… such as a bang or explosion and make it more prominent… those key changes would elevated the song to another level.
Yeah, it sounds a bit flat !
Like it but don’t love it. Love Claire & Andy, but Would expect this to be so much better. Production is off somehow, and it sounds like there just laying basic vocals without much feeling. Basically it needs the rest of steps on it! Miss those Harmony’s. Maybe a live performance or some of the remixes will help 🤞🏼
It sounds like they have no passion or energy or fun when singing. They are just phoning it in😢
I mean…it’s fun but this sounds like an Andy track feat. Claire when it should be the other way around?
I agree , not sure they really thought this one through
The track was actually made for Andy's forthcoming album and Claire has been allowed to include it on hers too as part of the deal.
I disagree. I'm an equal erasure/steps fan but Claire definitely more dominant in the vocal. I know Andy opens the track but Claire owns the song. I think they make for a well balanced pairing. Abba is always a difficult act to follow but this is a fresh take on a song many artists have covered in the past. I think this version takes things to a new level. It's a duet (a musical composition for two voices or instruments) The more I listen to it the more I like it. I'd personally like to hear more from the pairing.
I think this one is a grow on you track like some Steps songs.. I like it but keep expecting to hear Bjorn not Andy lol..you certainly know its Claire though!!
wow some comments are really mean. this is amazing and these two are fabulous. be kinder they can read your mean comments...try to sing this song better and then you can comment about how worse it is!
Both good artists but not really feeling this duet
The voices are buried in the mix. Production murky. Shame.
It needed some more backing vocals on it to layer it and give it that ABBA vocal stacking and Ooomph that we're used to hearing. I don't understand why they didn't as both singers have great ranges and strong vocal. I like it but it comes off a little flat in places(not their voices i must stress!)
I dunno why there is negative comments on this. Great Cover
Yeah the production could have been better but this was still great
You "dunno" why? Because Andy Bells singing is just dreadful here: can't you hear it?!😮
@@1derfullBeastthat's what old age does
@@JohnSimpson36 that's nonsense: an educated singer learned how to manage sing good, even at older age: just listen to Frank Siantra, only to name one example, this is easy to prove:-)
For all the moaners go and listen to today's modern day rubbish, do you honestly think, the likes of Tom Grennan will be be around as long as Erasure and Steps, NOPE
Oh My Word more Moaners here than "Love to Love you Baby", now that would be a Duet ....
🎶🎹When your layin' so close to me , i can see the Spinach in your teeth 😋
This is underwhelming...will have to listen to the original to cheer me up!
For my first listen, it's not that bad but I'll be honest, this would have been a much better track if it was just solo Claire. It will probably grow on me, though.
Really not keen on this version. Andy's voice clashes with Claire's. Prob cause I love the ABBA version so much
Sorry, the production sounds cheep.