2015Released
4:28

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Years & Years are a soulful electronic pop trio who formed in 2010. Their vocalist Olly Alexander is also a successful actor having featured in a number of films including Tormented, Enter the Void, and Great Expectations as well as also playing Jakob in the TV series Skins. He joined the band after guitarist Mikey Goldsworthy heard him singing in the shower.

This is the third single released by the band. "We started writing the chorus first, which isn't usually how we write, as 'desire' became the hook and statement," Alexander explained. "The track reminded us of those big '90s house tunes, which we took a lot of inspiration from, including Chicago house, so we wanted to keep that same energy and pace throughout."

The song's music video was directed by Sing J Lee (Gorgon City's "Ready For Your Love," Charli XCX's "Boom Clap"). "After getting hooked on the track, the boys sent a note through about the meaning of the song, a cyclical conflict of being a slave to desire and the blurring between the lines of lust and love," Lee explained. "This in mind, I wanted to create something sensual and surreal, and it felt right that we should visit a strange world set within an apartment block and fleetingly peer into the lives of characters as they voyeuristically and hungrily fantasize over watching each other," he added, "with Olly playing the enigmatic raconteur."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Desire - Gryffin Remix.
A♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
122BPM

Album

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Released By

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Polydor Records
© 2015 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
℗ 2015 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

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