Sovereign Light Café
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{{Infobox song
| name = Sovereign Light Café
| cover = SovereignLight.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Keane
| album = Strangeland
| B-side = Difficult Child
| released = 23 July 2012
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Alternative rock, pop rock
| length =
- 3:38 (album version)
- 3:28 (radio edit/The Best of Keane version)
| label = Island
| writer = Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes, Jesse Quin
| producer = Dan Grech-Marguerat
| prev_title = Disconnected
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Higher Than the Sun
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{External music video |{{YouTube|bH13eUiDhmo|"Sovereign Light Café"}}}}
}}
"Sovereign Light Café" is a song by English alternative rock band Keane released as the third single from their fourth studio album, Strangeland.
The band played the song for first time during the Perfect Symmetry World Tour on 17 September 2009 in Thunder Bay Ontario. It has been a staple of Keane setlist since 2012 and the primary closing song since 2019.
The song was written with inspiration drawn from the town of Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, where the café is located in real life, and also the town of Battle, where many of the roads mentioned are close to where the members of Keane grew up.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17310047 |title=BBC News - Keane to start world tour in Bexhill-on-Sea |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2012-03-09 |accessdate=2014-05-10}}
Music video
File:Cafe on the Promenade, Bexhill-on-Sea - geograph.org.uk - 679188.jpg
The music video was premiered on 30 May 2012. It was filmed in Bexhill-on-Sea and directed by Lindy Heymann. The video shows band members strolling the town as they are surrounded by various dancers, acrobats, bicyclists and Heathfield Silver Band.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-11|title=Heathfield Silver Band's history to be preserved in archive|url=https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/heathfield-silver-bands-history-to-be-preserved-in-archive/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=InYourArea.co.uk}} The band members and all the performers meet outside the Sovereign Light Café Coffee Shop at the end of the video and it ends with a group photo.
Track listing
- ;Digital download
- "Sovereign Light Café" – 3:38
- "Difficult Child" – 3:44
- ;Digital download — remix
- "Sovereign Light Café" (Afrojack Remix) – 6:16
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+Weekly chart performance for "Sovereign Light Café" ! Chart (2012–13) ! Peak |
{{singlechart|Flanders Tip|2|artist=Keane|song=Sovereign Light Café|rowheader=true}} |
{{singlechart|Wallonia Tip|4|artist=Keane|song=Sovereign Light Café|rowheader=true}} |
{{singlechart|Dutch40|22|artist=Keane feat Afrojack|song=Sovereign Light Café|note=Afrojack remix|rowheader=true}} |
{{singlechart|Dutch100|29|artist=Afrojack vs Keane|song=Sovereign Light Café|note=Afrojack remix|rowheader=true}} |
{{singlechart|Dutch100|71|artist=Keane|song=Sovereign Light Café|rowheader=true}} |
{{singlechart|UK|74|date=20120804|access-date=11 May 2022|rowheader=true}} |
scope="row"| UK Download (OCC)
| align="center"|80 |
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scope="row"|US Billboard Triple A{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=keane|chart=Triple A}}|title=Billboard Triple A|date=2013-03-02}}
| style="text-align:center;"|20 |
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==Year-end charts==
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|+2013 year-end chart performance for "Sovereign Light Café" ! Chart (2013) ! Position |
scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=http://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr2013.html|title=Jaarlijsten 2013|language=nl|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=11 May 2022}} Afrojack remix |align="center"|110 |
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References
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{{Keane songs}}
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Category:Songs written by Tim Rice-Oxley
Category:Songs written by Tom Chaplin
Category:Songs written by Richard Hughes (musician)
Category:Songs written by Jesse Quin