Melt My Heart to Stone

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"Melt My Heart to Stone"
Promotional single by Adele from the album 19
Released 10 June 2008 (2008-06-10)[1]
Recorded 2008 (2008)
Genre Blue-eyed soul
Length 3:23
Label XL
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Jim Abbiss[3]
19 track listing

"Melt My Heart to Stone" is a song co-written[2] and performed by British singer Adele, issued as a promotional single from her debut studio album 19. Adele has stated that it is her favorite song on the album.[4] Since its release, "Melt My Heart to Stone" has been sampled in "Do Ya Like" by Childish Gambino and also covered by Logic .[3] The song has also been covered by Vitamin String Quartet.[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Matthew Chisling of AllMusic called the song "incredible";[5] while Ron Hart of PopMatters, while giving the parent album's production a middling rating, stated that the string arrangements by producer Jim Abbiss "[help] punctuate the power of [Adele's] enormous voice more effectively" than elsewhere on the album.[6]

Live performances[edit]

Adele performed the song live on Last Call with Carson Daly on February 10, 2009.[7] She went on to perform the song on VH1 Divas on June 8, 2009;[8] and on Live from the Artists Den on February 25, 2011.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "iTunes - Music Videos - Melt My Heart to Stone by Adele". iTunes. Apple Inc. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2015. 
  2. ^ a b "Melt My Heart to Stone - Adele | Listen, Appearances, Song Review | AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 1 July 2015. 
  3. ^ a b c "Melt My Heart to Stone - Adele | WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 1 July 2015. 
  4. ^ Newkey-Burden, Chas (6 November 2012). Adele: The Biography. The Overlook Press. p. 96. ISBN 1468303538.  Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. ^ "19 - Adele | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 7 July 2015. 
  6. ^ Hart, Ron (30 June 2008). "Adele: 19 | PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 July 2015. 
  7. ^ "Adele is Best New Artist at This Years Grammy Awards -- NEW YORK, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ --". PR Newswire. UBM plc. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2015. 
  8. ^ ""Melt My Heart to Stone (Live)" by Adele | Show Performance | VH1.com". VH1. Viacom International. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2015. 
  9. ^ "Live From The Artists Den: Adele | KPBS". KPBS. San Diego State University. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2015. 

External links[edit]

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