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"Cameo Lover" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kimbra Kimbra Lee Johnson (born 27 March 1990), known mononymously as Kimbra, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. Known for mixing pop with R&B, jazz and rock musical elements, her accolades include four ARIA Music Awards, two Grammy Awards and s ...
from her debut studio album, ''
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''. The song was released in New Zealand and Australia as the album's second single on 29 March 2011. At the
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Kimbra won
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for the song, while its video was nominated for Best Video. The song, written by Kimbra, was nominated for 'Song of the Year' at the 2012 APRA Music Awards. In July 2011, the song won the
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. Earlier that year,
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had first noticed Kimbra when both were short-listed as finalists for the competition. Gotye subsequently invited Kimbra to feature as the lead female vocalist on his recording of "
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Background

The song is about a guy who lives in the dark, he's brooding and the one who's singing the song, in this case Kimbra, is trying to bring him out.


Composition

This song is composed in the key of C♯, and has the bpm of 128. The song features heavy synth and percussion. The vocals span 2 octaves and a semitone excluding harmonies, the lowest note being G3 and the highest being G♯5.


Track listing

# "Cameo Lover" - 4:05 # "Cameo Lover" (Mic Newman Remix) - 7:48 # " Settle Down" (Live @ Sing Sing) - 4:28 # "Settle Down" (Penguin Prison Remix) - 4:55


Official Remixes

:*"Cameo Lover" (
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& Golden Touch Remix)


Music video

The official music video for "Cameo Lover" was posted on Kimbra's
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channel on 25 April 2011. The video run time is 3 minutes 58 seconds. In the video, Kimbra is on a white set, wearing a pink dress, and facing five men in desks all wearing black tuxedos and black blindfolds. As the chorus comes in, young girls appear with Kimbra, all playing tambourines, and it shows that the tuxedos, blindfolds, and nails of the men begin to change into bright colours of the rainbow as the music continues. But the man in the middle, who is supposed to be Kimbra's "cameo lover," does not change colours until later on in the song, as the men next to him encourage him by lip syncing and hitting their desks to the beat. As the set goes dark, the two girls from Kimbra's " Settle Down" music video join her, dressed in blue, they lip sync with Kimbra and begin to play tambourines as all the other girls. In the end, confetti falls around the girls and Kimbra as the songs begins to end and they dance around happily. The men in the desks all change colours of their suits, and the man in the middle takes off his blindfold revealing his blue eyes to Kimbra.


References

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