Canvas (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Canvas
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| artist = Imogen Heap
| album = Ellipse
| released = 17 July 2009
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| genre = Electronica
| length = 4:52
| label = Megaphonic Records
| writer = Imogen Heap
| producer = Imogen Heap
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|yXj0dF7LAyE|"Canvas"}} }}
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"Canvas" is a song by British singer/songwriter Imogen Heap from her album Ellipse.
Premiere
The music video for "Canvas" premiered on MSN Video on 17 July 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-GB&vid=2266d0fe-824f-4b04-b270-c3c24387d3ce&from=entertainment_music |title=Imogen Heap - Canvas - MSN Video |access-date=22 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720074724/http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-GB&vid=2266d0fe-824f-4b04-b270-c3c24387d3ce&from=entertainment_music |archive-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead }} It was also made available for download in exchange for one tweet five days later on 22 July on Imogen Heap's Twitter.{{cite tweet|user=imogenheap|author=Imogen Heap|number=2691731843|date=17 July 2009|title=I'm going to go one better and you can have a HQ download of #canvas on Tuesday @JoshLaForet. Hang tight until then x}}
Release
"Canvas" was meant to be released only as a music video and never as a single. It was also never released on TV. Heap stated it would be a treat for her fans who waited so long for new material.{{cite tweet|user=imogenheap|author=Imogen Heap|number=1801314588|date=15 May 2009|title=Canvas will be the first thing I let out of here @ademtce. Will be within the month I hope. Not a "single" as such... more a little treat x}}
Music video
File:Imogenheapcanvasvideo.png The idea for a music video for "Canvas" formed back in February 2009. Heap asked her fans on Twitter if they could suggest a place where hills, snow, and sea meet together and stated it's for a "Canvas" video.
- {{cite tweet|user=imogenheap|author=Imogen Heap|number=1243092803|date=24 February 2009|title=Hello. I wonder. Does anyone know of anywhere exquisite where snow, sea and hills meet alone this time of year? No building allowed! x}}
- {{cite tweet|user=imogenheap|author=Imogen Heap|number=1243141835|date=24 February 2009|title=wow! crazy response! Brilliant thank you! It's for Canvas video. I have a plan! You're going to like it :) x}} The video was directed by Tom Kelly and filmed in Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.{{cite web |url=http://twitter.com/tomokelly/status/2769252394 |title=Twitter / Tomokelly: @KTWTD Thanks.. Mostly fil |website=twitter.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715180113/http://twitter.com/tomokelly/status/2769252394 |archive-date=15 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} It portrays a man walking through woods, snowy landscapes, and hills carrying an easel with a black canvas put on it. At the end of the video he ends up on a mountaintop where he lays down the easel and looks ahead. The shooting began in the first week of April 2009.{{cite tweet|user=imogenheap|author=Imogen Heap|number=1427509671|date=31 March 2009|title=lots of interest in the soup there! it's a homemade veggie soup Tom (he lives/works he for me) made me b4 he left to shoot Canvas video.}} Post-production lasted longer than expected.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
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