1. Adele Chasing Pavements Video

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, (born 5 May 1988), is a multiple Grammy Award-Winning English from Enfield, North London. Her debut album, was released in January 2008 and entered the UK album chart at #1. The album has since received four-times Platinum certification in the UK and has sold 5,500,000 copies worldwide. The album included the hugely popular song.

19 earned Adele two Grammy Awards in February 2009 for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Her second album, was released on January 24th 2011 in the UK and propelled.

.Eg Whitesingles chronology'(2007)' Chasing Pavements'(2008)'(2008)Music videoon' Chasing Pavements' is a song by British singer-songwriter, from her debut album. It was the second single from the album, after '. It was released in Ireland on 13 January 2008 and entered the Irish singles chart at number 26 through download sales alone. Having received a physical release, the single then leaped 19 places to number seven, where it peaked. On 20 January, the single entered at number two in the UK singles chart on downloads alone. 'Chasing Pavements' was the 27th best selling single of 2008 in the UK, with over 280,000 sales.

It was Adele's first entry, and has sold over 1,200,000 digital copies as of October 2011. The B-side to the single is an acoustic cover of the song '. 'Chasing Pavements' won the, and was nominated for the and.The accompanying was directed by Mathew Cullen of production company Motion Theory.

It was uploaded to Adele's official account on 24 October 2009. Contents.Background and composition The song was inspired by an incident Adele had with a former boyfriend of six months. After learning he had cheated on her, she went to the bar he was at and punched him in the face.

After being thrown out, Adele walked down the street alone and thought to herself, 'What is it you're chasing? You're chasing an empty pavement.' She sang and recorded it on her mobile phone and arranged the chords when she got home.

'Chasing Pavements' is written in the of. Reception Accolades 'Chasing Pavements' received three nominations at the. The track received nominations in the categories of, and for. It won the award for the Best Female Vocal Performance but lost out to 's ' in the Song of the Year category and to 's and ' collaboration, ', in the Record of the Year category.

She performed 'Chasing Pavements' with.Controversy According to the, the single was banned from several US radio stations because of the perceived meaning of the words 'chasing pavements' referring to the singer chasing gay men. The source of the perceived meaning is said to come from an entry submitted to, although there is no evidence that the title was intended to have this meaning. Music video Synopsis. Where the incident happened.The song's music video centres on a car crash (a white saloon) occurring in. While set in London, the video was shot in.It features two views: one of the real-world in which the occupants of the car are lying motionless on the pavement following the accident, and the other (during the choruses) in which the camera shows them from above. Adele is seen in the first view, inside a car with a man. She sings before getting out of the car and walking past a group of people who are running towards the crash victims.

Then, she stands beside a tree continuing to sing until it ends and the victims being shown on stretchers, being wheeled away in different directions by ambulance crews tending to them. Adele is not one of the car crash victims.In the second view, the couple is shown from an overhead view but as if they are shot side-on and they 'come to life' and move as if standing up.

The couple appear to reenact their relationship, starting from their first meeting when the woman dropped her scarf and the man handed it back to her. For a while they appear happy together, but it is short-lived; the man discovers that the woman had another lover.

She writes something on a piece of paper and when the man reads it, he is angered, but he forgives her and they begin rekindling the passion they had before the crash. When Adele sings the chorus for the final time, the couple dance on the pavement surrounded by the onlookers, who are now also dancing. The man and the woman dance gracefully and intimately, but in spite of all the joy, they are still just two bodies lying motionless on the pavement, and are then wheeled away by ambulance crews in different directions.Reception The song's music video earned a 2008 nomination for Best Choreography.On 20 December 2008, the video was ranked #26 on 's Top 40 of 2008. Live performances Adele/Daniel premiered the song on on 7 December 2007. She performed 'Chasing Pavements', along with ', on on 18 October 2008.In popular culture. Melissa Benoist performed a cover of 'Chasing Pavements'in a episode Covers The song was performed by on the 2012 episode ' of.

Adele Chasing Pavements Video

In 2013, American R&B singer, performed the song on the singing competition series, during her time as a contestant on the show. American rapper also covered the song and it has over 8 million views on.Soundtrack appearances 'Chasing Pavements' was featured in three episodes of. The first was in a concluding scene of 's anorexia. The second was in a beginning scene of 's custody battle. The third was in a scene showing reflecting on talking to him, which was aired on 15 October. The song was also featured in the film, and the TV show.Track listing UK – CD and 7-inch vinyl. 'Chasing Pavements' (Adele, ) – 3:31.

' (live) – 2:12Charts.