2008Released
3:30

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Interesting facts and trivia about Chasing Pavements. By Songfacts®.

This hymn to lost love and regret was described by Adele as: "It's me being hopeful for a relationship that's very much over. The sort of relationship you hate when you're in it, but miss when you're not."

Adele explained to the Sun newspaper January 18, 2008 that "Chasing Pavements" is about splitting up with her ex and having her heart broken for the first time: "That song is about should I give up or should I just keep trying to run after you when there's nothing there? I was only with him for four months but when I signed my record deal I had to write an album, as I hardly had any songs, so I wrote about him."

She then revealed: "I couldn't write songs for ages because I found it really hard writing songs for fun or writing them because someone had invested a lot of money and time in me. I just couldn't do it. And then I met my ex-boyfriend and it was great to begin with and then it was really sh---y. And then I wrote about ten songs in about five weeks. I love him still and I got an album out of him. I used him more than he used me. And he loves it. It's not bitter. He loves it when the song comes on the radio. He says: 'It's about me.' And I'm like, 'It's a song about heartbreak, you fool!'"

Adele told Q magazine May 2008 that the song's lyrics were inspired by an argument with a boyfriend in a London West End bar, after which she stormed out and began running down Oxford Street. She added, "He didn't chase after me! So I was running, just looking at these big wide pavements stretching in front me." Two days later she wrote this song.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Chasing Pavements.
FKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
80BPM

Album

The album Chasing Pavements is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Chasing Pavements.
XL Recordings/Columbia
2008 XL RECORDINGS LIMITED

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