Palomino (song)

"Palomino"
Single by Gemma Hayes
from the album Bones + Longing
ReleasedApril 2015
Recorded2013–2014
GenreAlternative
LabelChasing Dragons
Songwriter(s)Gemma Hayes
Producer(s)Dave Odlum
Gemma Hayes singles chronology
"Making My Way Back"
(2014)
"Palomino"
(2015)
"Laughter"
(2015)

"Palomino" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes and the third single release from her fifth studio album Bones + Longing.[1][2][3][4]

Background and release

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"Palomino" was initially scheduled as the first single to be released from Gemma Hayes' fifth studio album Bones+Longing. The single release was delayed to make way for "Chasing". Upon the release of the album in November 2014, "Palomino" featured regularly on radio in Ireland. The single appeared regularly on Newstalk, Today FM and TXFM. By spring 2015, the track was released as the second track from the LP in France, Germany and Australia among other territories. It is the third single release in Ireland. The track has featured heavily on Australian music radio station Double J.

In February 2015, Hayes released a video featuring an acoustic version of the track,[5] the video recorded in London in 2014.

During promos in France and Germany, Hayes performed the track to coincide with the release of the album in both territories.

On April 18, 2015, "Palomino" was released on a very limited edition release to celebrate Record Store Day.[6] The track is featured on a 7" vinyl along with "Shit I Own".[1] Only 500 copies have been made and were available to a number of record shops across Europe.[7]

Music video

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On 24 March 2015, during an interview with RTÉ 2fm, Hayes explained the video would be shot within the next few weeks. The music video premiered on YouTube on 2 June 2015.[8] The music video was filmed in April and May, over a couple of weekends in East London, by Northern Irish Director Babysweet, and it shows off the projection work of Annelisa Keestra. Darcy, the Palomino, was filmed at his home in Sussex, United Kingdom. The horses appearance in Hackney Wick along with Gemma Hayes is just an illusion.

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"Palomino" is used in the 2016 summer-spring advertising campaign for French fashion label Cyrillus.[9]

Track listing

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7" vinyl

  1. "Palomino" – 3:42
  2. "Shit I Own" – 2:14

References

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  1. ^ a b "Independent purveyors of great music, since 1976". Roughtrade.com.
  2. ^ "New single release- "Palomino" on April 20 ‹ Gemma Hayes". gemmahayes.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ chasing_dragons [@chasingAdragon] (31 March 2015). "@gemma_hayes PALOMINO - 7' vinyl for Record Store Day .. available as album track now and a digital single 20.4.15 http://t.co/4LHzUUpnmE" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "HAYES, GEMMA - PALAMINO[RSD 2015] - 7 - Tower Records Dublin Ireland". www.towerrecords.ie. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Gemma Hayes Palomino (acoustic / unplugged - after hours @The Loft )". YouTube. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  6. ^ "RELEASES — Record Store Day Nederland 18 april 2015". www.recordstoreday.nl. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  7. ^ chasing_dragons [@chasingAdragon] (21 March 2015). "@irishmusicfeed @stuartclark66 - a @gemma_hayes 7'vinyl comprising Palomino & Shit I Own coming for @recordstoreday http://t.co/HBzicsKXPy" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Irish Music Feed 🇮🇪🇪🇺 [@irishmusicfeed] (2 June 2015). ".Music News: Gemma Hayes New Video for Palomino Is Here! http://t.co/ENFBvawfk4 (@gemma_hayes, @chasingAdragon,@TowerDublin, @RTE2fm)" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "GEMMA HAYES FAN SITE — .News: Gemma Hayes Appears in Cyrillus". gemmahayesfanclub.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.