Embrace (Pnau song)

"Embrace"
Single by Pnau
from the album Pnau
ReleasedJune 2008
GenreElectronic, house
LabelEtcetc
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Pnau singles chronology
"Baby"
(2008) 		"Embrace"
(2008) 		"The Truth"
(2011)

"Embrace" is a song by Australian Electronic house band, Pnau. "Embrace" was released in August 2008 as the third and final single from the band's third studio album, Pnau (2007). The song was co-written by and features uncredited vocals by New Zealand singer-songwriter Ladyhawke.[1][2] "Embrace" peaked at number 55 on the ARIA Charts.

The song was supported with an "Embrace Tour" along the Australian East Coast across August 2008.[3]

Reception

In 2015, the song was listed at number 60 in In the Mix's 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time with Dave Ruby Howe saying "'Embrace' features the vocals of then-ubiquitous Kiwi import Ladyhawke, who stirs and soars as Littlemore and Mayes hit the euphoria button".[4]

Track listing

CD single

  1. "Embrace" (Radio edit) - 3:34
  2. "Embrace" (Fred Falke & Miami Horror remix) - 6:06
  3. "Embrace" (Chicken Lips remix) - 6:46
  4. "Embrace" (Album version) - 5:36

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 55

Release history

Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia June 2008 CD Single Etcetc ETCETCD5002

References

  1. ^ Pnau (liner notes). Pnau. Etcetc. 2007. ETCETCD002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Bracken, Claire (11 December 2020). "First Spin: PNAU and Ladyhawke flow with "River"". ABC. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Pnau 'Embrace' bigger venues on August tour". in the mix. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. ^ "The 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time". 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-16. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Issue 966" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2021.