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{{short description|2007 single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor}}
{{Short description|2007 single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor}}
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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Catch You
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| album = [[Trip the Light Fantastic (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)|Trip the Light Fantastic]]
| album = [[Trip the Light Fantastic (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)|Trip the Light Fantastic]]
| B-side = Down with Love
| B-side = Down with Love
| released = 19 February 2007 <small>([[Ireland]], [[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br/>28 April 2007 <small>([[Australia]])</small>
| released = 19 February 2007
| recorded = 2006, Echo Studios (East Road, [[London]])
| recorded = 2006
| studio = Echo (East Road, [[London]])
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre =
| genre =
| length = 3:17
| length = 3:17
| label = [[Fascination Records|Fascination]]
| label = [[Fascination Records|Fascination]]
| writer = [[Cathy Dennis]], [[Greg Kurstin]], Rhys Barker
| writer =
* [[Cathy Dennis]]
* [[Greg Kurstin]]
* Rhys Barker
| producer = Greg Kurstin
| producer = Greg Kurstin
| prev_title = [[Circles (Just My Good Time)]]
| prev_title = [[Circles (Just My Good Time)]]
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It received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who commended the infusion of rock guitars and electronic beats, while calling it a strident and very good song. A music video was directed by [[Sophie Muller]] and it shows Sophie chasing a guy in [[Venice]]. The song performed moderately on the charts, reaching number 8 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], peaking inside the top twenty on the [[Italian Singles Chart|Italian]] and Russian Singles Chart and inside the top fifty on the other countries.
It received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who commended the infusion of rock guitars and electronic beats, while calling it a strident and very good song. A music video was directed by [[Sophie Muller]] and it shows Sophie chasing a guy in [[Venice]]. The song performed moderately on the charts, reaching number 8 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], peaking inside the top twenty on the [[Italian Singles Chart|Italian]] and Russian Singles Chart and inside the top fifty on the other countries.


==Background and composition ==
==Background and composition==
The single was first announced on New Year's Eve 2006, where Ellis-Bextor performed the song on the [[BBC]]'s "New Year Live" show.<ref name=youtube>{{cite news|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Catch You (Live)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHiqig3wNsU|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[YouTube]]|date=1 January 2007}}</ref> "Catch You" was written by [[Cathy Dennis]] and co-written by Greg Kurstin and Rhys Barker and produced by [[Greg Kurstin]].<ref name="Album notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=[[Trip the Light Fantastic (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)|Trip the Light Fantastic]]|others=[[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] |date=2007|type=liner notes |publisher=[[Fascination Records]].}}</ref> It is a [[pop rock]] song<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor Catch You: Allmusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/catch-you-mw0000477509|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref> and combines guitars, zingy keyboards, nu wave angular guitars with a nagging pop melody.<ref name=contact>{{cite web|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Catch You|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/pages/sophieellisbextorx19x02x07|work=Contact Music|accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref> The lyrics concern Sophie possibly bugging various parts of her bloke's flat ([[Letter box|mailbox]], "[[EasyChair|easy chair]]", [[flatscreen]]), in the hope that she will "catch him".<ref name=popjustice>{{cite news|last=Waterman |first=Stuart |title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'Catch You' – Popjustice |url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=981&Itemid=295 |accessdate=6 August 2012 |newspaper=[[Popjustice]] |date=28 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027231403/http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=981&Itemid=295 |archivedate=27 October 2007 }}</ref>
The single was first announced on New Year's Eve 2006, where Ellis-Bextor performed the song on the [[BBC]]'s "New Year Live" show.<ref name=youtube>{{cite news|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Catch You (Live)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHiqig3wNsU|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[YouTube]]|date=1 January 2007}}</ref> "Catch You" was written by [[Cathy Dennis]] and co-written by Greg Kurstin and Rhys Barker and produced by [[Greg Kurstin]].<ref name="Album notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=[[Trip the Light Fantastic (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)|Trip the Light Fantastic]]|others=[[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] |date=2007|type=liner notes |publisher=[[Fascination Records]].}}</ref> It is a [[pop rock]] song<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor Catch You: Allmusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/catch-you-mw0000477509|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref> and combines guitars, zingy keyboards, nu wave angular guitars with a nagging pop melody.<ref name=contact>{{cite web|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Catch You|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/pages/sophieellisbextorx19x02x07|work=Contact Music|accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref> The lyrics concern Sophie possibly bugging various parts of her bloke's flat ([[Letter box|mailbox]], "[[EasyChair|easy chair]]", [[flatscreen]]), in the hope that she will "catch him".<ref name=popjustice>{{cite news|last=Waterman |first=Stuart |title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'Catch You' – Popjustice |url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=981&Itemid=295 |accessdate=6 August 2012 |newspaper=[[Popjustice]] |date=28 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027231403/http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=981&Itemid=295 |archivedate=27 October 2007 }}</ref>


== Critical reception ==
==Critical reception==

K. Ross Hoffman of [[Allmusic]] commented, "She sounds dramatically reinvigorated here, with a notable infusion of rock guitars and often a forceful, even menacing, electro edge to the productions, evident right out the gate in this strident, barnstorming first single."<ref name=allmusicreview>{{cite news|last=Hoffman|first=K. Ross|title=Trip the Light Fantastic – Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Allmusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/trip-the-light-fantastic-mw0000780709|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[Allmusic]]|date=21 May 2007}}</ref> Nick Levine of [[Digital Spy]] called it "a turbo-charged stalker-pop."<ref name=digitalspy>{{cite news|last=Levine|first=Nick|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'Trip The Light Fantastic'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a58175/sophie-ellis-bextor-trip-the-light-fantastic.html|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[Digital Spy]]|date=23 May 2007}}</ref> Emily MacKay of [[Yahoo! Music]] called it "a merciless first strike, a crisp, laser-cut, feather-light puff of dance-floor ephemera sprinkled with disco 'pow!'s, its '70s synth-[[Chinoiserie]] chorus given an icy aloofness by Sophie's plummy delivery."<ref name=yahoo>{{cite news|last=MacKay |first=Emily |title=Sophie Ellis Bextor – Trip The Light Fantastic – Yahoo! Music |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070524/33/21a40.html |accessdate=6 August 2012 |newspaper=[[Yahoo! Music]] |date=24 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722141434/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070524/33/21a40.html |archivedate=22 July 2011 }}</ref> Stuart Waterman of [[Popjustice]] commented: "It is both a very good song and an excellent advertisement for romantic lunacy. It sounds not unlike what would happen if the [[Sugababes]] kidnapped [[Avril Lavigne]] and bullied her into playing guitar on one of their more 'upbeat' numbers."<ref name=popjustice/>
K. Ross Hoffman of [[Allmusic]] commented, "She sounds dramatically reinvigorated here, with a notable infusion of rock guitars and often a forceful, even menacing, electro edge to the productions, evident right out the gate in this strident, barnstorming first single."<ref name=allmusicreview>{{cite news|last=Hoffman|first=K. Ross|title=Trip the Light Fantastic – Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Allmusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/trip-the-light-fantastic-mw0000780709|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[Allmusic]]|date=21 May 2007}}</ref> Nick Levine of [[Digital Spy]] called it "a turbo-charged stalker-pop."<ref name=digitalspy>{{cite news|last=Levine|first=Nick|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'Trip The Light Fantastic'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a58175/sophie-ellis-bextor-trip-the-light-fantastic.html|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[Digital Spy]]|date=23 May 2007}}</ref> Emily MacKay of [[Yahoo! Music]] called it "a merciless first strike, a crisp, laser-cut, feather-light puff of dance-floor ephemera sprinkled with disco 'pow!'s, its '70s synth-[[Chinoiserie]] chorus given an icy aloofness by Sophie's plummy delivery."<ref name=yahoo>{{cite news|last=MacKay |first=Emily |title=Sophie Ellis Bextor – Trip The Light Fantastic – Yahoo! Music |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070524/33/21a40.html |accessdate=6 August 2012 |newspaper=[[Yahoo! Music]] |date=24 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722141434/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070524/33/21a40.html |archivedate=22 July 2011 }}</ref> Stuart Waterman of [[Popjustice]] commented: "It is both a very good song and an excellent advertisement for romantic lunacy. It sounds not unlike what would happen if the [[Sugababes]] kidnapped [[Avril Lavigne]] and bullied her into playing guitar on one of their more 'upbeat' numbers."<ref name=popjustice/>


Talia Kraines of [[BBC Music]] wrote that the song "gave us a grittier Sophie."<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|last=Kraines|first=Talia|title=BBC – Music – Review of Sophie Ellis Bextor – Trip the Light Fantastic|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6wvr|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[BBC]]|date=24 May 2007}}</ref> Stuart McCaighy of [[This Is Fake DIY]] gave the song a mixed review, commenting "It was perhaps a touch one-dimensional, too 'of the moment' for a lead single; its chorus dragged rather than ignited."<ref name=diy>{{cite news|last=McCaighy|first=Stuart|title=Sophie Ellis Bextor – Trip The Light Fantastic|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/sophie-ellis-bextor-trip-the-light-fantastic/|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[This Is Fake DIY]]|date=21 May 2007}}</ref> However, Kitty Empire of [[The Observer]] expressed: "It's a rubberised stab of bunny-boiler club-pop, which deserved to chart higher than number 8."<ref name=observer>{{cite news|last=EMpire|first=Kitty|title=CD of the Week: Trip the Light Fantastic by Sophie Ellis Bextor &#124; Music &#124; The Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/20/popandrock.features1|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|date=20 May 2007}}</ref>
Talia Kraines of [[BBC Music]] wrote that the song "gave us a grittier Sophie."<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|last=Kraines|first=Talia|title=BBC – Music – Review of Sophie Ellis Bextor – Trip the Light Fantastic|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6wvr|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[BBC]]|date=24 May 2007}}</ref> Stuart McCaighy of [[This Is Fake DIY]] gave the song a mixed review, commenting "It was perhaps a touch one-dimensional, too 'of the moment' for a lead single; its chorus dragged rather than ignited."<ref name=diy>{{cite news|last=McCaighy|first=Stuart|title=Sophie Ellis Bextor – Trip The Light Fantastic|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/sophie-ellis-bextor-trip-the-light-fantastic/|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[This Is Fake DIY]]|date=21 May 2007}}</ref> However, Kitty Empire of [[The Observer]] expressed: "It's a rubberised stab of bunny-boiler club-pop, which deserved to chart higher than number 8."<ref name=observer>{{cite news|last=EMpire|first=Kitty|title=CD of the Week: Trip the Light Fantastic by Sophie Ellis Bextor &#124; Music &#124; The Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/20/popandrock.features1|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|date=20 May 2007}}</ref>


== Chart performance ==
==Chart performance==
When the song was released, its immediate competition included [[Kelis]]'s single "[[Lil Star]]", [[The Fray]]'s "[[How to Save a Life]]", [[Take That]]'s "[[Shine (Take That song)|Shine]]", [[Justin Timberlake]]'s "[[What Goes Around... Comes Around]]" and [[Mica Penniman|Mika]]'s "[[Grace Kelly (song)|Grace Kelly]]". "Catch You" peaked at No. 8 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sophieellisbextor.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=001573;p=17#000277|title=Sophie Ellis Bextor Forums: Catch You – Review<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=31 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204343/http://www.sophieellisbextor.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=001573;p=17#000277|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The single also peaked at No. 33 on the [[ARIA Singles Chart]] and at No. 7 on the ARIA Dance Chart. The song also reached the B-list of Radio 1's official playlist and the A-list of [[BBC Radio 2]]'s official playlist. The song stayed in the UK Top 40 for two months and went to sell 148,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sophie-online.net/en/ttlf_album.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=21 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505044625/http://www.sophie-online.net/en/ttlf_album.php |archivedate=5 May 2008 }} Catch You – copies sold in the UK</ref>
When the song was released, its immediate competition included [[Kelis]]'s single "[[Lil Star]]", [[The Fray]]'s "[[How to Save a Life]]", [[Take That]]'s "[[Shine (Take That song)|Shine]]", [[Justin Timberlake]]'s "[[What Goes Around... Comes Around]]" and [[Mica Penniman|Mika]]'s "[[Grace Kelly (song)|Grace Kelly]]". "Catch You" peaked at No. 8 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sophieellisbextor.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=001573;p=17#000277|title=Sophie Ellis Bextor Forums: Catch You – Review<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=31 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204343/http://www.sophieellisbextor.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=001573;p=17#000277|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The single also peaked at No. 33 on the [[ARIA Singles Chart]] and at No. 7 on the ARIA Dance Chart. The song also reached the B-list of Radio 1's official playlist and the A-list of [[BBC Radio 2]]'s official playlist. The song stayed in the UK Top 40 for two months and went to sell 148,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sophie-online.net/en/ttlf_album.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=21 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505044625/http://www.sophie-online.net/en/ttlf_album.php |archivedate=5 May 2008 }} Catch You – copies sold in the UK</ref>
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== Music video ==
==Music video==
The music video was subsequently filmed in [[Venice]] by [[Sophie Muller]], and was released on 13 January 2007. The video has been compared to the movie ''[[Don't Look Now]]''.<ref name="Eyre (2007)">{{Cite news | last = Eyre | first = Hermione | title = Ice queen: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, pop's coolest diva | work = [[The Independent]] | date = 28 April 2007 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/ice-queen-sophie-ellisbextor-pops-coolest-diva-446443.html | accessdate = 24 February 2011 }}</ref>
The music video was subsequently filmed in [[Venice]] by [[Sophie Muller]], and was released on 13 January 2007. The video has been compared to the movie ''[[Don't Look Now]]''.<ref name="Eyre (2007)">{{Cite news | last = Eyre | first = Hermione | title = Ice queen: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, pop's coolest diva | work = [[The Independent]] | date = 28 April 2007 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/ice-queen-sophie-ellisbextor-pops-coolest-diva-446443.html | accessdate = 24 February 2011 }}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listinga==
* '''2-Track Single'''
* '''2-track aingle'''
# "Catch You" – 3:17
# "Catch You" – 3:17
# "Down with Love" – 3:55
# "Down with Love" – 3:55


* '''Maxi Single'''
* '''Maxi-single'''
# "Catch You" – 3:17
# "Catch You" – 3:17
# "Down with Love" – 3:55
# "Down with Love" – 3:55
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# "Catch You" (Music Video) – 3:27
# "Catch You" (Music Video) – 3:27


* '''12" Vinyl'''
* '''12_inch vinyl'''
# "Catch You" (Moto Blanco Club Mix) – 8:29
# "Catch You" (Moto Blanco Club Mix) – 8:29
# "Catch You" (Moto Blanco Dub) – 6:49
# "Catch You" (Moto Blanco Dub) – 6:49
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# "Catch You" (Riff & Rays Mix) – 8:19
# "Catch You" (Riff & Rays Mix) – 8:19


* '''12" Picture Disc'''
* '''12-inch picture disc'''
# "Catch You" – 3:17
# "Catch You" – 3:17
# "Catch You" (Jay Cox's Fizzekal Half Dub Remix) – 6:08
# "Catch You" (Jay Cox's Fizzekal Half Dub Remix) – 6:08
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# "Catch You" (Digital Dog Mix) – 6:37
# "Catch You" (Digital Dog Mix) – 6:37


==Credits and personnel==
== Chart performance ==
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''Trip the Light Fantastic''.<ref name="Album notes"/>

'''Studio'''
* Recorded at Echo Studios (East Road, [[London]])

'''Personnel'''
* Written by Cathy Dennis, Rhys Barker and Greg Kurstin
* Vocal production by Cathy Dennis
* Engineered by Dario Dendi, assisted by Zoe Smith at Eden Studios
* Assistant vocal recording engineer: Eddie Miller at Echo Studios
* Programming and instruments by Greg Kurstin
* Additional programming by Brio Taliaferro
* Additional guitar: Tim Van Der Kuil
* All music produced and played by Greg Kurstin

==Charts==
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=== Weekly charts ===
===Weekly charts===
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{{single chart|Australia|44|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Catch You|rowheader=true|access-date=14 March 2021}}
|align="left"|Australian ARIA Singles Chart<ref name="Chart peaks">[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sophie+Ellis%2DBextor&titel=Catch+You&cat=s "Catch You – Chart Positions"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008032951/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sophie+Ellis-Bextor&titel=Catch+You&cat=s |date=8 October 2012 }}. ''Music-square''. Retrieved 16 June 2007.</ref>
|align="center"|44
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{{single chart|Australiadance|7|url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20070520-0000/issue896.pdf|urltitle=Issue 896|rowheader=true|access-date=14 March 2021}}
|align="left"|Australian ARIA Dance Chart<ref name="Chart peaks"/>
|align="center"|7
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{{singlechart|Flanders Tip|16|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Catch You}}
{{single chart|Flanders Tip|16|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Catch You|rowheader=true}}
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{{single chart|CIS|20|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Catch You|songid=7360|rowheader=true|access-date=14 March 2021}}
|align="left"|[[Canadian Recording Industry Association|Canadian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|88
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|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|29|song=Catch You|rowheader=true|access-date=14 March 2021}}
|align="left"|Ireland Singles Chart<ref name="Chart peaks"/>
|align="center"|29
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{{single chart|Italy|14|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Catch You|rowheader=true|access-date=14 March 2021}}
|align="left|[[Italian Singles Chart]]<ref name="Italian">[http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sophie+Ellis%2DBextor&titel=Catch+You&cat=s "Italian Singles Chart"]. Retrieved 5 May 2007.</ref>
|align="center"|14
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{{single chart|Dutch100|84|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Catch You|rowheader=true|access-date=14 March 2021}}
|align="left"|[[RIANZ|New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref name="Chart peaks"/>
|align="center"|35
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{{single chart|Scotland|3|date=20070303|rowheader=true|access-date=14 March 2021}}
|align="left"|Netherlands Singles Chart<ref name="Netherlands">[http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Sophie+Ellis%2DBextor&titel=Catch+You&cat=s "Netherlands Singles Chart"]. Retrieved 25 August 2007.</ref>
|align="center"|84
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{{single chart|Switzerland|92|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Catch You|rowheader=true|access-date=14 March 2021}}
|align="left"|Romanian Singles Chart
|align="center"|50
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|Russian Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.tophit.ru/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=7360 Russian Airplay Detection TopHit 100]</ref>
|align="center"|20
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|Scottish Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20070303/41|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 – Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
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|align="left"|Switzerland Singles Chart<ref name="Chart peaks"/>
|align="center"|92
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|align="left"|Turkish Singles Chart
|align="center"|73
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|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="Chart peaks"/>
|align="center"|8
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|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Dance Chart]]<ref name="Chart peaks"/>
|align="center"|2
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|align="left"|''US'' [[Hot Dance Club Songs]]
|align="center"|14
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{{single chart|UK|8|date=20070303|rowheader=true|access-date=14 March 2021}}
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===Year-end charts===
===Year-end charts===
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!scope="row"|CIS (Tophit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/airplay/yearly/2007-01-01/all/all|title=Top Radio Hits 2007|publisher=[[Tophit]]|access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Chart (2007)
|133
!scope="col"| Position
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!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2007.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2007|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref>
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|144
|[[UK Singles Chart]] (Year-End Chart 2007)<ref name="Chart peaks"/>
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==Credits and personnel==

=== Recording locations ===
*Recorded at Echo Studios

=== Personnel ===
*Written by Cathy Dennis, Rhys Barker and Greg Kurstin
*Vocal production by Cathy Dennis
*Engineered by Dario Dendi, assisted by Zoe Smith at Eden Studios
*Assistant vocal recording engineer: Eddie Miller at Echo Studios
*Programming and instruments by Greg Kurstin
*Additional programming by Brio Taliaferro
*Additional guitar: Tim Van Der Kuil
*All music produced and played by Greg Kurstin

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Trip the Light Fantastic, Interscope Records.<ref name="Album notes"/>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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Revision as of 20:08, 14 March 2021

"Catch You"
Single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
from the album Trip the Light Fantastic
B-side"Down with Love"
Released19 February 2007
Recorded2006
StudioEcho (East Road, London)
Length3:17
LabelFascination
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Kurstin
Sophie Ellis-Bextor singles chronology
"Circles (Just My Good Time)"
(2005)
"Catch You"
(2007)
"Me and My Imagination"
(2007)
Audio sample

"Catch You" is a song by the British recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor for her third album, Trip the Light Fantastic (2007). It was written by Cathy Dennis, Rhys Barker and Greg Kurstin and produced by Kurstin. It was released as the album's first single on 19 February 2007. "Catch You" is a pop rock song and talks about Bextor chasing the guy that she wants.

It received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who commended the infusion of rock guitars and electronic beats, while calling it a strident and very good song. A music video was directed by Sophie Muller and it shows Sophie chasing a guy in Venice. The song performed moderately on the charts, reaching number 8 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking inside the top twenty on the Italian and Russian Singles Chart and inside the top fifty on the other countries.

Background and composition

The single was first announced on New Year's Eve 2006, where Ellis-Bextor performed the song on the BBC's "New Year Live" show.[1] "Catch You" was written by Cathy Dennis and co-written by Greg Kurstin and Rhys Barker and produced by Greg Kurstin.[2] It is a pop rock song[3] and combines guitars, zingy keyboards, nu wave angular guitars with a nagging pop melody.[4] The lyrics concern Sophie possibly bugging various parts of her bloke's flat (mailbox, "easy chair", flatscreen), in the hope that she will "catch him".[5]

Critical reception

K. Ross Hoffman of Allmusic commented, "She sounds dramatically reinvigorated here, with a notable infusion of rock guitars and often a forceful, even menacing, electro edge to the productions, evident right out the gate in this strident, barnstorming first single."[6] Nick Levine of Digital Spy called it "a turbo-charged stalker-pop."[7] Emily MacKay of Yahoo! Music called it "a merciless first strike, a crisp, laser-cut, feather-light puff of dance-floor ephemera sprinkled with disco 'pow!'s, its '70s synth-Chinoiserie chorus given an icy aloofness by Sophie's plummy delivery."[8] Stuart Waterman of Popjustice commented: "It is both a very good song and an excellent advertisement for romantic lunacy. It sounds not unlike what would happen if the Sugababes kidnapped Avril Lavigne and bullied her into playing guitar on one of their more 'upbeat' numbers."[5]

Talia Kraines of BBC Music wrote that the song "gave us a grittier Sophie."[9] Stuart McCaighy of This Is Fake DIY gave the song a mixed review, commenting "It was perhaps a touch one-dimensional, too 'of the moment' for a lead single; its chorus dragged rather than ignited."[10] However, Kitty Empire of The Observer expressed: "It's a rubberised stab of bunny-boiler club-pop, which deserved to chart higher than number 8."[11]

Chart performance

When the song was released, its immediate competition included Kelis's single "Lil Star", The Fray's "How to Save a Life", Take That's "Shine", Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around... Comes Around" and Mika's "Grace Kelly". "Catch You" peaked at No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart.[12] The single also peaked at No. 33 on the ARIA Singles Chart and at No. 7 on the ARIA Dance Chart. The song also reached the B-list of Radio 1's official playlist and the A-list of BBC Radio 2's official playlist. The song stayed in the UK Top 40 for two months and went to sell 148,000 copies.[13]

Music video

The music video was subsequently filmed in Venice by Sophie Muller, and was released on 13 January 2007. The video has been compared to the movie Don't Look Now.[14]

Track listinga

  • 2-track aingle
  1. "Catch You" – 3:17
  2. "Down with Love" – 3:55
  • Maxi-single
  1. "Catch You" – 3:17
  2. "Down with Love" – 3:55
  3. "Catch You" (Moto Blanco Radio Edit) – 3:31
  4. "Catch You" (Riff & Rays Radio Edit) – 3:35
  5. "Catch You" (Music Video) – 3:27
  • 12_inch vinyl
  1. "Catch You" (Moto Blanco Club Mix) – 8:29
  2. "Catch You" (Moto Blanco Dub) – 6:49
  3. "Catch You" (Digital Dog Mix) – 6:37
  4. "Catch You" (Riff & Rays Mix) – 8:19
  • 12-inch picture disc
  1. "Catch You" – 3:17
  2. "Catch You" (Jay Cox's Fizzekal Half Dub Remix) – 6:08
  3. "Catch You" (Moto Blanco Radio Edit) – 3:31
  4. "Catch You" (Digital Dog Mix) – 6:37

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Trip the Light Fantastic.[2]

Studio

  • Recorded at Echo Studios (East Road, London)

Personnel

  • Written by Cathy Dennis, Rhys Barker and Greg Kurstin
  • Vocal production by Cathy Dennis
  • Engineered by Dario Dendi, assisted by Zoe Smith at Eden Studios
  • Assistant vocal recording engineer: Eddie Miller at Echo Studios
  • Programming and instruments by Greg Kurstin
  • Additional programming by Brio Taliaferro
  • Additional guitar: Tim Van Der Kuil
  • All music produced and played by Greg Kurstin

Charts

References

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