Embrace (Pnau song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Embrace
| cover = Embrace_by_Pnau.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Pnau
| album = Pnau
| released = June 2008
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Electronic, house
| length =
| label = Etcetc
| writer = {{hlist|Nick Littlemore|Peter Mayes|Sam Littlemore|Pip Brown}}
| producer = {{hlist|Pnau}}
| prev_title = Baby
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = The Truth
| next_year = 2011
}}
"Embrace" is a song by Australian Electronic house band, Pnau. "Embrace" was released in August 2008 as the third and final single from the band's third studio album, Pnau (2007). The song was co-written by and features uncredited vocals by New Zealand singer-songwriter Ladyhawke.{{cite AV media notes|others=Pnau|title=Pnau|type=liner notes|publisher=Etcetc|year=2007|id=ETCETCD002}}{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/first-spin:-pnau-and-ladyhawke-flow-with-river/12976388|title=First Spin: PNAU and Ladyhawke flow with "River"|website=ABC|date=11 December 2020|accessdate=12 December 2020| author=Bracken, Claire}} "Embrace" peaked at number 55 on the ARIA Charts.
The song was supported with an "Embrace Tour" along the Australian East Coast across August 2008.{{cite web|url=http://inthemix.junkee.com/pnau-embrace-bigger-venues-on-august-tour/9595|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023195718/http://inthemix.junkee.com/pnau-embrace-bigger-venues-on-august-tour/9595|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2018|title=Pnau 'Embrace' bigger venues on August tour |publisher=in the mix|date=16 June 2008|accessdate=23 October 2018}}
Reception
In 2015, the song was listed at number 60 in In the Mix's 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time with Dave Ruby Howe saying "'Embrace' features the vocals of then-ubiquitous Kiwi import Ladyhawke, who stirs and soars as Littlemore and Mayes hit the euphoria button".{{cite web|url=http://inthemix.junkee.com/the-100-greatest-australian-dance-tracks-of-all-time/27904.html|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20151216224732/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24303/20151216-0715/inthemix.junkee.com/the-100-greatest-australian-dance-tracks-of-all-time/27904.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-12-16|title=The 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time|date=2015|accessdate=22 March 2019}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Track listing
CD single
- "Embrace" {{small|(Radio edit)}} - 3:34
- "Embrace" {{small|(Fred Falke & Miami Horror remix)}} - 6:06
- "Embrace" {{small|(Chicken Lips remix)}} - 6:46
- "Embrace" {{small|(Album version)}} - 5:36
Charts
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Chart (2008)
! Peak |
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{{single chart|Australiapandora|55|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20081019130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20081020-0000/issue966.pdf|urltitle=Issue 966|rowheader=true|access-date=26 April 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} |
Release history
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scope="col"| Country
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| Catalogue |
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scope="row" rowspan="1"| Australia
| June 2008 | CD Single | rowspan="1"| Etcetc | ETCETCD5002 |