Trouble Is a Friend

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"Trouble Is a Friend"
Lenka Trouble Is A Friend.jpg
Single by Lenka
from the album Lenka
Released1 September 2009[1]
Recorded2008
GenrePop
Length3:35
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mike Elizondo
Lenka singles chronology
"The Show"
(2008) 		"Trouble Is a Friend"
(2009) 		"Heart Skips a Beat"
(2011)
Music video
"Trouble Is A Friend (YouTube Version)" on YouTube

"Trouble Is a Friend" is a song by Australian recording artist and actress Lenka from her debut studio album, Lenka (2008). It was released on 1 September 2009 as the album's second and final single. The song was written by Thomas Salter and Lenka. It was used in an episode from the fifth season of the popular medical drama Grey's Anatomy, teen drama television series 90210 and in the 2010 film Easy A.[2]

Music video[]

The official music video for "Trouble Is a Friend" shows Lenka making her way towards the screen. As the video progresses, her dresses and the backgrounds start to change in the verses. At times Lenka interacts with the newly found backgrounds and illustrations. The music video ends with the camera closing up on Lenka then fading out to a dark screen.[3]

Another video, made by Lenka and James Gulliver Hancock, is a shadow figure production that follows a girl and her Trouble, in the form of a dragon. The video ends with the girl getting into a hot air balloon and suffering terrible fate.[4]

Live performances[]

Lenka performed the song on the 3 May 2013 episode of X Factor Indonesia.[5][6]

Track listing[]

  1. "Trouble Is a Friend (Spike Stent Remix)" – 3:29

Charts[]

Chart (2009) Peak
position
German Singles Chart[7] 65
Norwegian Singles Chart[8] 10

References[]

  1. ^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/trouble-is-a-friend-single/id328071657
  2. ^ http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lenka&titel=Trouble+Is+A+Friend&cat=s
  3. ^ Lenka (25 October 2009), Lenka – Trouble Is A Friend (YouTube Version), retrieved 31 October 2018
  4. ^ Lenka- Trouble Is A Friend, retrieved 31 October 2018
  5. ^ Media, Kompas Cyber (4 May 2013). "Manggung di Jakarta, Lenka Akan Berduet dengan Fatin Cs – Kompas.com". KOMPAS.com. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  6. ^ "LENKA – TROUBLE IS A FRIEND – GALA SHOW 11 – X Factor Indonesia 3 Mei 2013 – YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  7. ^ Trouble Is a Friend Charts
  8. ^ Norwegian Singles Chart
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