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“A&E” was the first single released from Goldfrapp’s Seventh Tree. The melancholic folk/pop song–about an overdose caused by romantic troubles–was the first hint that the band had radically shifted sounds after the stomping electro-glam of their previous two album. It was released as Seventh Tree’s lead single on February 11, 2008. The song was a commercial success, peaking at #10 on the UK Singles Chart.

In The Sun newspaper, Alison Goldfrapp told the story behind the song:

It was inspired by a few hours I had in A&E on a Saturday afternoon. It was nothing serious but I remember they pumped me up with loads of painkillers. I was standing there looking at all these rugby players coming in on trolleys – arms up there, noses round there. They were in those weird green gowns they make you wear and it was all a bit surreal. And I suppose A&E is a sort of metaphor for a relationship that was going horribly wrong. That’s all mixed up in the song too."

Alison also commented on the recording process of the song on Twitter during the lead-up to the release of The Singles:

Strange times… I had a few words, a little tune, arrived at the studio, Will & I jammed for a bit, the song was completed by the end of the day."

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Recorded At
Bath, Somerset, England
Released on
February 11, 2008
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