| Retrograde | |
| Cover: | Retrograde (Front Cover).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | James Blake |
| Album: | Overgrown |
| Released: | 11 February 2013 |
| Recorded: | 2012 |
| Length: | 3:43 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: | James Blake |
| Prev Title: | A Case of You |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Overgrown |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
"Retrograde" is a song by English electronic music producer and singer-songwriter James Blake. The song was released as a digital download on 11 February 2013 as the lead single from his second studio album Overgrown (2013). The song was written, produced and recorded by Blake,[1] and the music video was directed by Martin de Thurah.[2]
The song is featured in several episodes of television shows, including: the extended trailer for season one of The Leftovers, as well as in the pilot episode;[6] the 5th season of The Blacklist; season 1, episode 2 of the Italian Netflix series Baby; season 3, episode 6 of the series Suits;[7] and the episode "Falling Angels – Part 1" of the BBC series Silent Witness.[8]
The song also appears in the fifth episode of the video game Tales from the Borderlands.[9]
Covers
It was covered by Australian singer Karen Lee Andrews in her 2014 single, Ride, under her former stage name, Ms Murphy.