| Songs Remind Me of You | |
| Cover: | Annie - Songs Remind Me of You.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Annie |
| Album: | Don't Stop |
| Recorded: | 2006 |
| Length: | 4:06 |
| Label: |
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| Producer: | Richard X |
| Prev Title: | Anthonio |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | My Love Is Better |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
"Songs Remind Me of You" is a song by Norwegian singer Annie from her second studio album, Don't Stop (2009). Written by Richard X and Hannah Robinson, the track was released digitally on 17 August 2009 as the album's lead single.
The song, described as "Annie's first true four-to-the-floor anthem leading to dancefloor abandon", was produced by Richard X.[1] It dates back to 2006,[2] recorded with Richard X in London during the earlier sessions for Don't Stop.[3]
"Songs Remind Me of You" was first released on a Don't Stop album sampler in April 2008,[4] and it later leaked with the rest of the album that year. After Annie left Island Records, a revised edition of the album was released through Annie's own label Totally Records and Oslo-based indie label Smalltown Supersound in November 2009.[5] "Songs Remind Me of You" was released as its lead single via iTunes on 17 August 2009.[6] It was reissued digitally on 20 July 2010, featuring brand-new cover art and a remix by Australian trio The Swiss.[7]
The track received critical acclaim upon its release. Peter Robinson of Popjustice simply called the song "amazing."[8] Ian Wade of BBC Music described it as "a blinding snort-up of amyl disco strobe-fest proportions, which throws in a bit of Mel & Kim just in case it wasn't quite rapturous enough."[9] Slant Magazines Sal Cinquemani referred to the song as "a rollicking Italo disco nugget."[10] Pitchforks Kasia Galazka scored the track eight out of ten and gave it a "Best New Music" designation, commenting that it is "happily 80s meta-pop, and the quicksand melody in the chorus is infatuating."[11] Bradley Stern of MuuMuse praised it as a mixture of "lush disco, breathy vocals, and intergalactic swarms of electronica."[12]
The original song was featured in the 2010 film Sex and the City 2, and the Swiss remix was featured in the 2015 film We Are Your Friends.