Lille (song) explained
"Lille" is the debut solo single by Lisa Hannigan, taken from her award-nominated debut album Sea Sew. It received its world premiere on Tony Fenton's Today FM show on 31 July 2008, demoed on lisahannigan.com and was later released as a free download in Ireland on 25 August 2008.[1]
Lille became an airplay hit on Irish and American radio stations[2] and earned the admiration of the Grammy-nominated Californian singer-songwriter Jason Mraz who invited Hannigan to support him on a 42-date US tour in late 2008.[3] Hannigan then signed with ATO Records in the US, where her album was released in February 2009,[4] although it is currently available from the iTunes store in the US.
Hannigan performed "Lille" on The Late Late Show on 12 September 2008.[5]
The song was also performed at the nominations ceremony of the 2009 Mercury Prize in London when Sea Sew was shortlisted for the award.[6] The performance preceded increased media interest in the singer in the United Kingdom.[6]
The song is featured in the Neil Jordan film Ondine.[7]
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Notes and References
- Lisa Hannigan heads out on US tour, confirms album date. 2008-08-01. 2009-02-02. Hot Press.
- News: Lisa musters the chutzpah to go solo in spotlight. 2008-12-15. 2009-01-23. Irish Independent.
- News: Music: Jason Mraz * *. 2009-01-09. 2009-01-23. Irish Independent.
- Web site: We just wanted to let you know that the US release date has been postponed until February 3rd . 2009-01-29 . 2009-02-02 . Official site of Lisa Hannigan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081222121416/http://www.lisahannigan.ie/news/LH_newsItem.aspx?PostID=61 . 2008-12-22 .
- http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/20080912.html "Friday, 12 September 2008"
- News: Irish 'outsider' excited about prestige music nomination. 2009-07-22. 2009-07-24. The Irish Times. “I’VE NEVER been so excited about anything before,” said Irish singer Lisa Hannigan just after being nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize – the annual award given to the best British or Irish music album of the year. [..] Hannigan’s nomination alone guarantees increased record sales and media exposure. [...] She has been making inroads into the US with appearances on the Jay Leno and Stephen Colbert chat shows. Hannigan performed her Lille song at the announcement ceremony in London yesterday. She has been inundated with media requests since her nomination..
- http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=16640 Lille Songfacts
