"Our Time" is a song by British

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Lily Allen Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. List of awards and nominations received by Lily Allen, Her accolades include a Brit Award, alongside nominations for a Grammy Award and a Laurence Olivi ...

. The song was released on 10 March 2014, as the third single from Allen's third

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, '' Sheezus''. The song is prominently featured on the OW Version of the Theme Park Playlist. With its increased popularity however, newer versions of the regular Theme Park Playlist contain the track.

Background

Allen released her second album, ''

It's Not Me, It's You ''It's Not Me, It's You'' is the second studio album by English singer Lily Allen, released on 4 February 2009 by Regal Recordings and Parlophone. It was produced and co-written by Greg Kurstin, with whom Allen had previously worked on her deb ...

'', in 2009, which saw a genre shift to

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, rather than the

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and

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influences used in her debut album, ''

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'' (2006). The album debuted at number one on the

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and the

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and was well received by critics, noting the singer's musical evolution and maturity. It spawned the hit singles " The Fear" and " Fuck You", popular mostly in Europe. Allen and

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were credited with starting a process that led to the media-proclaimed "year of the women" in 2009, which saw five female artists making music of "experimentalism and fearlessness" nominated for the

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. In 2009, Allen announced that she would be taking a hiatus from musical activities. The following year, she opened a fashion rental shop named Lucy in Disguise with her sister Sarah, followed by the 2011 launching of her own record label. In 2013, Allen revealed that she had begun working on her third studio album ''Sheezus''. On 20 June 2012, Allen tweeted that she was in the studio working with

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on new music. She changed her professional name from Lily Allen to Lily Rose Cooper. In August 2013, she changed her professional name back to Allen and tweeted new music would be arriving "soon".

Commercial performance

Upon its release, Our Time debuted at 43 on the UK Singles Chart. The single also peaked at number sixty on the

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. The single failed to match the success Allen's previous singles " Hard out Here" and " Air Balloon" which both reached the top ten.

Music video

The music video for Our Time premiered on YouTube on 10 March 2014. It features Lily Allen with several of her friends (all played by Allen) enjoying a night out, whilst taking a taxi across London.

Charts

References

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