My Secret Friend
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{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox song
| name = My Secret Friend
| cover = My Secret Friend single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = IAMX + Imogen Heap
| album = Kingdom of Welcome Addiction
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|10|12}}
| recorded = 2008–2009
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Electropop
| length = 3:45 (radio edit)
4:06 (album version)
| label = 61seconds
| writer = Chris Corner,
Imogen Heap
| producer = Chris Corner
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = IAMX
| type = single
| prev_title = Tear Garden
| prev_year = 2009
| title = My Secret Friend
| year = 2009
| next_title = Ghosts of Utopia
| next_year = 2011
}}{{Extra chronology
| artist = Imogen Heap
| type = single
| prev_title = First Train Home
| prev_year = 2009
| title = My Secret Friend
| year = 2009
| next_title = Lifeline
| next_year = 2011
}}
}}
"My Secret Friend" is a song performed by IAMX and Imogen Heap, released as the third single from the album Kingdom of Welcome Addiction. The CD single is available only through the IAMX webstore.[http://www.boutiqueiamx.eu BoutiqueIAMX.eu]
Music video
The music video, directed by Chris Corner, features Corner dressed as a woman, the video's lead female character, and Heap as a man, the lead male character. He stated in an interview that when he wrote it he pictured the characters as siblings, who have a romantic, possibly incestuous, relationship.{{cite web |url=http://www.hardrockchick.com/2009/05/14/interview-with-chris-corner-of-iamx/ |title=Hard Rock Chick - Interview with Chris Corner of IAMX |website=www.hardrockchick.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520010421/http://www.hardrockchick.com/2009/05/14/interview-with-chris-corner-of-iamx/ |archive-date=2009-05-20}} The video is featured on the CD single.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline =
| all_lyrics = Chris Corner and Imogen Heap
| all_music =
| title1 = My Secret Friend (radio edit)
| length1 = 3:45
| title2 = My Secret Friend (Omega Man remix)
| length2 = 4:45
| title3 = My Secret Friend (The Unfall Broken Waltz rework)
| note3 = features vocals only by Chris Corner
| length3 = 4:41
| title4 = My Secret Friend
| note4 = official music video
| length4 = 4:31
| title5 = Running
| note5 = home video – acoustic – bonus
| length5 = 4:44
}}
Song versions
- Album version – 4:06
- Radio edit – 3:45
- Omega Man remix – 4:45, remixed and additionally produced by Joe Wilson.
- The Unfall Broken Waltz rework – 4:41, remixed by Corner under the alias Unfall, this version doesn't include Heap's vocals.
- "Mein geheimer Freund" – 4:00, solo acoustic piano version in German released at IAMX's official YouTube channel announcing his Germany tour.{{YouTube|ZC4_8we5eHY|"Mein geheimer Freund"}}
- Interpretation by Larry Driscoll – 3:27, cover version included on Dogmatic Infidel Comedown OK as a hidden song in a 4-song track.
Chart positions
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!align="left"|Chart (2009) !align="left"|Peak |
| align="left"|Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/90626/IAMX-feat.-Imogen-Heap-My-Secret-Friend ultratop.be – IAMX feat. Imogen Heap – My Secret Friend] Ultratop.be
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References
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Category:Songs written by Imogen Heap