People and Places (song)

"People and Places" is a song written by Philip Bailey, Roxanne Seeman and Eric Levi.[1] It is the end-credit song for the #1 French box office film La Vengeance d'une Blonde starring Christian Clavier and Marie-Anne Chazel.[2] It was recorded as a duet between Dee Dee Bridgewater and Philip Bailey, released as a single and club mix version. "People and Places" appears on the soundtrack album three times as single mix, club mix, and instrumental version.[3]

"People and Places"
Single by Dee Dee Bridgewater & Philip Bailey
from the album La Vengeance d'une Blonde Original Soundtrack
B-side"People and Places (instrumental)"
Released1994
Formatsingle, 12" club mix
RecordedLos Angeles & Paris
StudioStudio Mega
GenrePop, electronic, house
Length4:00
LabelBMG
Songwriter(s)Eric Levi, Philip Bailey, Roxanne Seeman
Producer(s)Eric Levi

Background

Eric Levi, French composer and rock artist,[4] met Roxanne Seeman in Paris at the Warner/Chappell Music France office. While working on his score for La Vengeance d'une Blonde Levi sent Seeman a tape with a track idea for a song, asking whether she would like to collaborate on it with him. Seeman played it for Philip Bailey, whom she was collaborating with.[5] Levi suggested they write the song for the end-credit song of the movie he was scoring. Roxanne Seeman, Philip Bailey and Eric Levi collaborated on the writing and recording of the song.[6]

Recording

The recording of People and Places took place in Paris with Eric Lévi on keyboards and Philippe Manca on guitar.[7]

The vocals were recorded as a duet between Philip Bailey and Dee Dee Bridgewater, with Philip Bailey recording vocals in Los Angeles and Dee Dee Bridgewater recording her vocals in Paris. The final mix was at Studio Mega.[8]

Soundtrack

"People and Places" appears on the La Vengeance d'une Blonde album soundtrack three times: track 1 – single, track 4 – club mix, track 13 – instrumental.[9][10]

The "People and Places" single, club mix and album soundtrack were released by BMG France in 1994 with the release of the film.

"People and Places" was included as a bonus track on the Japan album release of Philip Bailey's 1994 solo album Philip Bailey album.

References
  1. "LA VENGEANCE D'UNE BLONDE". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  2. "Variety International Entertainment Weekly Feb. 7-13, 1994". Variety. Feb 7–13, 1994.CS1 maint: date format (link)
  3. La vengeance d'une blonde (1994) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-10-19
  4. "Eric Lévi | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. "Roxanne Seeman | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  6. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (2002-03-16). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  7. DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER/PHILIP BAYLEY-PEOPLE & PLACES-PHIL MANCA, retrieved 2019-10-22
  8. "Studio Mega". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  9. "Eric Levi - La Vengeance D'une Blonde - Bande Originale Du Film". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  10. "Eric Levi - La Vengeance D'une Blonde - Bande Originale Du Film". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
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