2016Released
3:24

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Interesting facts and trivia about Undertow. By Songfacts®.

This is a track from Lisa Hannigan's third album, At Swim. She recorded the record with The National's Aaron Dessner in a New York church.

This was the song that took the longest to get right. Dessner explained to HMV.com: "It existed as a first verse curse for a long time. I had a verse or two but nothing felt right as a chorus so it was in danger of never seeing the light of day. I really liked the verses though so always hoped I could work out a way of finishing it. Then, long after the rest of the songs were recorded I went around to my friend Iain Archer's house and we finally figured it out! I went over to Aaron and put it down just in time to have it on the record."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Undertow.
AKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
97BPM

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Released By

The record label that has released Undertow.
Play It Again Sam
2016 Hoop Recordings Ltd under exclusive license to Play It Again Sam
2016 Hoop Recordings Ltd under exclusive license to Play It Again Sam

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