2015Released
5:24

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Interesting facts and trivia about Hourglass. By Songfacts®.

This song features vocals by Jillian Hervey from the New York soul duo Lion Babe. Disclosure's Guy Lawrence told Spin: "In our head I think it was going to be like blend between like a more poppy song that we had done like "Voices" but kind of darker, mixed with a clubbier song like 'Apollo,' for instance. The song's basically about getting old and being alright about it, just accepting age and not being afraid of it." His Disclosure partner and brother Howard Lawrence added: "I remember we were writing it hypothetically more than anything. We were making up a situation about how like, "Oh, we're getting old, but it's okay as long as we've got people around us."

Jillian Hervey's Lion Babe partner, producer Lucas Goodman, did not feature on the track. Guy Lawrence explained: "We kind of only really needed Jillian, because we've got two producers anyway. I've got massive respect for him, though."

Disclosure used the Beats 1 radio show to unveil a live version of the track recorded at Brighton's Wild Life Festival in June 2015.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Hourglass.
GKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
122BPM

Album

The album Hourglass is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Hourglass.
Universal-Island Records Ltd.
© 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited

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