Sovereign Light Café

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"Sovereign Light Café"
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Single by Keane
from the album Strangeland
B-side"Difficult Child"
Released23 July 2012
GenreAlternative rock, pop rock
Length3:38
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes, Jesse Quin
Producer(s)Dan Grech-Marguerat
Keane singles chronology
"Disconnected"
(2012) 		"Sovereign Light Café"
(2012) 		"Higher Than the Sun"
(2013)

"Sovereign Light Café" is a song by English alternative rock band Keane released as the third single from their fourth studio album, Strangeland.

The band played the song for first time during the Perfect Symmetry World Tour on 17 September 2009 in Thunder Bay Ontario.

The band announced on their official website: "With Strangeland sitting atop the UK album chart for a second week, we're pleased to report that the next single to be taken from the album will be Sovereign Light Café, which is released on 16th July".[1]

The song is written with inspiration drawn from the town of Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, where the café is located in real life, and also the town of Battle, where many of the roads mentioned are close to where the members of Keane grew up.[2]

Music video[]

The café in 2008

The music video was premiered on 30 May 2012. It was filmed in Bexhill-on-Sea and directed by Lindy Heymann. The video shows band members strolling the town as they are surrounded by various dancers, acrobats, bicyclists and a Salvation Army marching band. The band members and all the performers meet outside the Sovereign Light Café Coffee Shop at the end of the video and it ends with a group photo.

Track listing[]

  • Digital download
  1. "Sovereign Light Café" – 3:38
  2. "Difficult Child" – 3:44
  • Digital download — remix
  1. "Sovereign Light Café" (Afrojack Remix) – 6:16

Charts[]

Album version[]

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[3] 2
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[4] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 71
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 74
UK Official Download Chart 80
US Billboard Triple A[7] 20

Afrojack remix[]

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 22
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 29

References[]

  1. ^ "Keane News, Blogs, Photos, Behind the scenes video, User comments and Tour announcements | Sovereign Light Café is next single". Keanemusic.com. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ^ "BBC News - Keane to start world tour in Bexhill-on-Sea". Bbc.co.uk. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Keane – Sovereign Light Café" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  4. ^ "Ultratop.be – Keane – Sovereign Light Café" (in French). Ultratip.
  5. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Keane – Sovereign Light Café" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  7. ^ "Billboard Triple A". 2 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Keane feat Afrojack" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Afrojack vs Keane – Sovereign Light Café" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

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