Imitation of Life (song)

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Albums

Imitation of Life   US 83 05/26/2001 (5 weeks)   UK 6th 05/12/2001 (9 weeks)   DE 35 05/07/2001 (9 weeks)   AT 19th 05/06/2001 (11 weeks)   CH 27 05/06/2001 (16 weeks)

Imitation of Life is a song by the US rock band REM. It was the first single from the 2001 album Reveal and reached number 6 in the British charts. The song follows the summery style of the album, influenced by the Beach Boys . The headline Imitation of Life was influenced by the Douglas Sirk film of the same name .

The music video shot by Hammer & Tongs consists of an endless loop that lasts a few seconds and is continuously played back and forth. The pan & scan technique is used to zoom in on certain areas of the image for a short time, whereby details such as lip-synchronicity in individual people become clear. You can see a big garden party around a pond, where the band members are also present.

The song can also be found on the best-of compilation In Time from 2003 and on the live album R.EM Live , which was released in 2007.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DE ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - AT - CH - US 
2. ↑ Imitation of Life in the Official UK Charts (English)
3. ↑ Konrad Heidkamp: The happy minor . In: Die Zeit , No. 21/2001