Circus (Lenny Kravitz song)

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"Circus"
Circus by Lenny Kravitz.webp
Single by Lenny Kravitz
from the album Circus
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1995
GenreRock
Length4:48
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Terry Britten, Gerry DeVeaux, Lenny Kravitz[1]
Producer(s)Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology
"Rock and Roll Is Dead"
(1995) 		"Circus"
(1995) 		"Can't Get You Off My Mind"
(1995)
Music video
Lenny Kravitz - Circus on YouTube

"Circus" is a song written and recorded by American singer Lenny Kravitz and released on September 26, 1995, as the second single from his fourth studio album Circus. There are two music videos for the song: one directed by Ruven Afanador[2][3] and the other by Martyn Atkins.[4]

Reception[]

Kravitz explained to Billboard, "it gets more like a circus with all this suff—management people, fans, bankers, investment people. It's like, My God! What happened? It gets harder to be yourself."[5] Mark Kemp of Rolling Stone stated, "In the title track of Lenny Kravitz's new album, the singer struggles with the dictates of reality that come to bear on fantasy. "Welcome to the real world," he sings to himself. But in the real world according to Kravitz, rock stars still flash diamond rings and coke spoons, and bumper-sticker platitudes like god is love still soften the blows of the real real world."[6]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Terry Britten, Gerry DeVeaux, Lenny Kravitz.

No.TitleLength
1."Circus"4:48

Charts[]

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[7] 85
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 54

References[]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (1995). "Circus - Lenny Kravitz | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Lenny Kravitz: Circus (Music Video) (1995)". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Lenny Kravitz: Circus (Video 1995)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Lenny Kravitz: Circus - Version 2, 1996". КиноПоиск. kinopoisk.ru. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ Borzillo, Carrie (12 August 1995). "Kravitz delivers raw circus sound". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 23. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ Kemp, Mark (21 September 1995). "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-11-04. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 3616." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 6, 2018.

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