"Up All Night" is the debut single by English singer Alex Clare, released in December 2010. It is from his debut studio album The Lateness of the Hour. The song was written by Alex Clare and producers Diplo and Switch of Major Lazer and features addition production from Mike Spencer and co-writer Ariel Rechtshaid. It was first released on 9 December 2010 as a digital download in the United Kingdom. Remixes were later released digitally and physically on various vinyl formats. It has been used as the opening theme for the BBC science fiction show Class which is an official spin-off from Doctor Who.
Music video The music video was first published through Alex Clare's YouTube channel on 10 November 2010. It is around three minutes in length and it was directed by Blake Claridge.
The video starts with three different people, two men and a girl, who wake up lying on the ground, after having passed out the previous night. Throughout the video, the girl is seen near a swimming pool, one of the men is seen running on a treadmill, and the other is seen playing the drums to the song. The video progresses to show how the three characters' actions led them to the beginning of the video.
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Credits and personnel Lead vocals – Alex Clare Songwriters – Alex Clare, Thomas Pentz, David Taylor, Ariel Rechtshaid Producers – Diplo, Switch Additional production – Ariel Rechtshaid, Mike Spencer Label: Island
Release history Region Date Format Label United Kingdom 9 December 2010iTunes - Music - Up All Night - EP by Alex Clare Digital download Island 10 January 2011Up All Night at Juno Records 7" 10 January 2011Up All Night (SBTRKT remixes) at Juno Records 10" 10 October 2011Up All Night (remixes) at Juno Records 12" 16 September 2011iTunes - Music - Up All Night (Remixes) - Single by Alex Clare Digital download
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