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Dog Days Are Over by Florence The Machine

Artist Biography For Florence The Machine

Florence The Machine Is A London UK Art Pop Band Led By Singer-Songwriter Florence Welch And Formed In 2007. The Band Consists Of Florence Welch Vocals Robert Ackroyd Guitar Isabella Summers Aka Isa Machine - Keyboards Tom Monger Harp Mark Saunders Bass Percussion Christopher Lloyd Hayden Drums Backing Vocals Rusty Bradshaw Keyboard Backing Vocals And Sam White Backing Vocals.

Lead Singer Florence Welch Was An Art-College Drop-Out From Camberwell London Who Was Discovered Singing Motown Covers In A Nightclub Toilet Drunk. ”The Machine” Name Originated With An In-Joke Between Welch And Summers. Musically Florence The Machine's Sound Is Sometimes Referred To As Soul-Inspired Indie Rock. Welch Grew Up Listening To The White Stripes And Kate Bush And Says She Writes Metaphorical Songs That Are "stories With Consequences And Weird Morality Issues."

2008
Florence The Machine's Music Has Received Praise Across The British Music Media Especially From The BBC Who Played A Large Part In Their Rise To Prominence By Bringing Them Into The Spotlight As Part Of "BBC Introducing" A Program To Support Unsigned Artists - Firstly At South By South West SXSW In Austin Texas In March 2008 And Later That Year Sept 2008 The Band Recorded A Full Session For The BBC At Their Maida Vale Studios.

2009 - 2010 - First Awards And First Studio Album - "Lungs"
At The Brit Awards 2009 Florence The Machine Received The Critics' Choice Award At The Brits In The UK. The Award Was Introduced In 2008 When It Was Awarded To Adele And Focuses On New And Emerging British Talent Voted For By A Panel Of Music Industry Experts.

The Band's Début Album Was "Lungs" Jul 2009 Universal Preceded By Third Single Rabbit Heart Raise It Up Jun 2009 Moshi Moshi. "Lungs" Went On To Become Number One In The UK Album Charts In January 2010 And Won The MasterCard British Album Award At The 2010 Brits Where They Performed A Hugely Popular Collaboration You've Got The Dirtee Love Live At The Brit Awards 2010 With Dizzee Rascal - A Mix Of You've Got The Love The Candi Staton Cover From "Dog Days Are Over" Nov 2008 IAmSound And Dizzee’s Dirtee Cash Sept 2009 Dirtee Stank.

2011 - Second Studio Album - "Ceremonials"
The Second Album "Ceremonials" 31 Oct 2011 Island - With Which Welch Was Inspired For The Title And Some Themes From A '70s Super 8 Film Of An Art Installation She Recalls "... This Big Procession Of Kind Of Coquette-Style Hippies And All These Different Coloured Robes And Masks And It Was All To Do With Colour Really Saturated Brightly Coloured Pastas And Balloons. I Saw It A Couple Years Ago And It Was Called 'Ceremonials' And Then Like Roman Numerals After It. And The Word Sort Of Stuck With Me And I Think The Whole Idea Of Performance ...". The Album Is Also Influenced By Hymns Poems And Church Bells.

2012 - MTV Unplugged Album - "MTV Unplugged"
In 2012 The Band Released A Live Album - "MTV Unplugged" Apr 2012 Universal - As Part Of The MTV Unplugged Series. It Was Filmed In December 2011 In New York’s Oldest Synagogue Building Angel Orensanz Center With The Band Being Backed By A Ten-Person Choir.

2015 - Third Studio Album - "How Big How Blue How Beautiful"
The Band's Long Awaited Third Studio Album Is Called "How Big How Blue How Beautiful". It Was Released On May 29 2015 On Island Records.

2018 - Fourth Studio Album - "High As Hope"
The Band's Fourth Studio Album Is Called "High As Hope". It Was Released On June 29 2018 On Republic Records. . User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Dog Days Are Over

"Dog Days Are Over" Is A Song By English Indie Rock Band Florence And The Machine From Their Debut Album "Lungs". It Was Originally Scheduled For Release On 24 November 2008 Through Moshi Moshi Records In The UK As The Album's Second Single But Was Later Pushed Back For Release On 1 December 2008. A Day Later On 2 December 2008 The Single Was Released In Download And Seven-Inch Vinyl Format Through IAMSOUND Records In The US. The B-Side To The Single Is A Cover Of "You Got The Love" By The Source Featuring Candi Staton Which Later Was Confirmed As A Track On Their Debut Album And The Band's Fifth Single. The Single Reached The Top 30 In Canada Ireland The United Kingdom And The United States. A Demo Version Of "Dog Days Are Over" Is Featured On Disc Two Of The Deluxe Edition Of "Lungs". A Six-Minute Forty-Second-Long Optimo Remix Of "Dog Days Are Over" Has Also Been Made Available. An Acoustic Version Of The Song Was Performed Live On BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend. The Track Has Been Performed At A Great Number Of High-Profile Festivals Through 2008 And 2009 Including The Reading And Leeds Festivals. The Band Also Performed The Song On The Mercury Prize 2009 Awards Show And BBC Introducing. "Dog Days Are Over" Was Recorded With No Instruments In A Studio The "size Of A Loo". The Song Was Inspired By A Giant Text Installment Titled "Dog Days Are Over" By Artist Ugo Rondinone Which Lead Singer Florence Welch Used To See Every Day Riding Her Bike Over Waterloo Bridge. The Song Was Produced And Mixed By James Ford Of Simian Mobile Disco And The Last Shadow Puppets Who Is Also Famous For Producing For The Likes Of Bloc Party And The Arctic Monkeys. He Is Also Credited As Playing Piano And Guitar On The Record. Welch Co-Wrote The Song With Isabella Summers Who Is Also Credited As The Song's Co-Producer And Played Piano On The Record. Welch And Summers Also Teamed Up For The Percussion On The Track Together With Charlie Hugall. "Dog Days Are Over" Also Features Musicians Tom "Moth" Monger Harp Bruce White Viola Everton Nelson Violin Christopher Lloyd Hayden Drums And Rob Ackroyd Guitar . Jimmy Robertson Extensively Involved In The Recording Of The Band's Debut Record Lungs Recorded And Mixed "Dog Days" As Well. The Song Was Re-Released Into The UK Market On 11 April 2010 Accompanied With A New Video. On 6 December 2008 "Dog Days Are Over" Debuted At Number 89 On The UK Singles Chart. The Following Week It Dropped One Place To Number 90 Before Dropping Out Of The Top 100. It Then Re-Entered The Chart A Month Later On 17 January 2009 At Number 93 Before Dropping Out Of The Chart Again. Approximately Four Months Later The Single Made Another Re-Entry On 23 May 2009 This Time At Number 91. Following Performances On Top Of The Pops Jools Holland And Uses In Television Advertisement For Slumdog Millionaire And Eat Pray Love "Dog Days Are Over" Began To Receive Increasing Amounts Of Digital Downloads Despite Not Having Been Re-Released. On 10 January 2010 "Dog Days Are Over" Re-Entered The UK Singles Chart At Number 23 Marking Its Highest Peak To Date. However The Following Week On 17 January 2010 The Single Fell One Place To Number 24. Following The Single's Official Re-Release In March 2010 It Re-Entered The UK Singles Chart At Number 34 On 4 April 2010. The Following Week The Single Rose To Number 24 Before Dropping Again. On 15 January 2010 "Dog Days Are Over" Entered The Irish Singles Chart For The First Time Reaching A Peak Of Number 35. This Was The Third Top 40 Hit For Florence In Ireland. Following Its Re-Release In March 2010 The Single Once Again Entered The Irish Singles Chart This Time Climbing To Number 24 And A Week Later To Number 17. The Following Week The Single Rose To Number 15 And The Week After Number 13. On 15 April 2010 The Single Entered The Top 10 At Its Peak Position Number 6 Making "Dog Days Are Over" Florence's Fourth Highest-Charting Single In Ireland After "Cosmic Love" Number 3 "Shake It Out" Number 2 And "Spectrum Say My Name " Number 1 . On The Week Ending 25 September 2010 "Dog Days Are Over" Debuted At Number 93 On The Billboard Hot 100. Following The Performance Of "Dog Days Are Over" On The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards The Track Sold 96 000 Digital Downloads Which Signified A 257% Increase Over The Previous Week And Leaped To Number 21 Giving Florence Her First Top 30 Hit On The Billboard Hot 100. As Of June 2016 The Song Has Sold Over 3 151 000 Downloads In The United States Alone.

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