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I Hate December
"I Hate December" (stylized as "i hate december") is a song by American band Ivy ''Hedera'', commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern ..., released on January 12, 1996 by Scratchie Records. The track came from the band's first extended play, ''Lately (EP), Lately'' (1994). It was written and produced by Andy Chase and Adam Schlesinger, while Dominique Durand also contributed to the lyrics and Peter Nashel handled additional production. While the version that appeared on ''Lately'' was not released as a commercial single, a remix was created and distributed as a CD single instead. ''I Hate December'' has a darker theme compared to most Christmas music, holiday songs, with Durand singing about her dreams and fears of death. MTV host Matt Pinfield even compared to the 1982 Fear (band), Fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy (band)
Ivy was an American indie pop band composed of Andy Chase, Adam Schlesinger, and Dominique Durand. They were active between 1994 and 2012. History Formation and debut projects In 1991, Andy Chase placed an ad that attracted fellow multi-instrumentalist Adam Schlesinger. In 1994 they met Dominique Durand, a native of Paris who had moved to New York City to study English, and with whom they shared admiration for the Go-Betweens, the House of Love, the Pastels, Prefab Sprout and the Smiths. Although Durand had never sung in a group, she was persuaded by Chase and Schlesinger to sing on some demos, and Ivy was formed. In 1994, Ivy signed with Seed Records and released "Get Enough," which the UK magazine ''Melody Maker'' named Single of the Week, followed by the Extended play, EP ''Lately (EP), Lately''. In 1995, they released their first full-length album, ''Realistic (album), Realistic.'' ''Latelys cover version of "I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive" impressed its author, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |