Constant Craving
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| Single by K.D. Lang from the album Ingénue |
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| Released | 1992 (original release) 1993 (re-release) |
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| Format | 5", CD | ||||
| Recorded | 1991 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 4:37 | ||||
| Label | Sire Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | K.D. Lang Ben Mink |
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| Producer | K.D. Lang Ben Mink Robert Penny |
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"Constant Craving" is a song written by K.D. Lang and Ben Mink, and performed by lang on her album Ingénue. The song first made the charts in 1992, and won Lang the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1993 and an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video.
In the UK, the song initially didn't do very well when released in 1992, but after being re-released in 1993 in the wake of its American success, it peaked at #15 on the UK Singles Chart on its fourth week. The single was also Lang's first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #38.
The music video is in black-and-white. It presents a fanciful recreation of the premiere of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot in Paris, 1953. Lang is depicted singing backstage while the actors perform. The director, Mark Romanek, says the song's lyrics of desperation and waiting fitted well with the themes of Beckett's play.[1]
The Rolling Stones later unwittingly used a refrain very similar to "Constant Craving"'s in their 1997 single "Anybody Seen My Baby?". After discovering this, they gave writing credits on that song to Lang and Mink, shared with the original authors Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
[edit] Cover versions
- British Eurodance/Hi-NRG artist Abigail recorded a dance version on her debut album Feel Good from 1994.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Director's commentary on The Work of Director Mark Romanek DVD.
