Jump to Studio albums - Welsh singer and songwriter Marina and the Diamonds has released three. Released: 27 April 2012; Label: 679, Atlantic; Formats: CD, LP, digital download. 1, 32, 25, 50, 17, 1, 31, 41, 11, 31. Dec 1, 2015 - Are You Satisfied (Acoustic) • 2. How To Be A Heartbreaker (Acoustic); 18. Marina and the diamonds acoustic collection download.

Contents • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] When asked why 'Hollywood' was chosen as a single in an interview with the website, Diamandis said: 'I'm saying: 'This is who I was. Hollywood infected my brain and I really valued the wrong things in life, but I changed dramatically.' 'This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy.

I don't want to live my life like that, and I don't want to be a typical pop star'. Diamandis told: 'That track is a sarcastic and cynical take on everything that's commercial about America. I love the country and people dearly and can't wait to tour there but I hate the way it brainwashes you. I am seduced by its pop culture but I don't want my brain to be infected.' Critical reception [ ] Fraser McAlpine of the Chart Blog called 'Hollywood' a 'properly amazing pop song' and stated that 'the level of insight displayed about America, culturally and politically, is on a par with the [.] Marina, for all that she's spotted that Hollywood is something of an upsettingly fake place, with scope for quite exciting things to happen, seems to get as much enjoyment out of just singing the word as she does from puncturing its ego.'

Called it 'perky'. Commercial performance [ ] 'Hollywood' debuted at number twelve on the, selling 25,746 copies in its first week. As of March 2014, the song has sold almost 180,000 in the United Kingdom. The single entered the at number forty-five, Diamandis's first single to chart in Ireland. In its third week on the chart, it reached a new peak position of number twenty-one. In September of 2017 'Hollywood' was certified Silver in the UK for sales of 200,000 units.

As of February 2019 'Hollywood' has sold 211,000 units in the UK. Music video [ ]. A scene from the music video for 'Hollywood' The music video for 'Hollywood' was directed by and released onto on 30 November 2009. It was filmed in 'a house which is basically like a palace' in West. The video shows an American patriotic party with multiple used as decorations and clothing. There are a number of characters and objects that symbolise the of American culture featured in the music video such as,, players, a,, a, players, look-alikes of,, and President,, and an.

Made a 'stripped-down' remix of the song, for which Dan Knight filmed a video. Knight wanted his video to be the opposite of Burza's 'super high glossy' work and to instead have the appearance of 1980s performances on programmes such as. In his video, Gonzales and Diamandis perform on a fictional Estonian programme called Pop!, complete with subtitles in the nation's language. Track listing [ ] • CD single • 'Hollywood' (Single Version) – 3:23 • 'Hollywood' (Gonzalez Remix) – 3:43 • Digital download – EP • 'Hollywood' (Single Version) – 3:23 • 'Hollywood' (Gonzalez Remix) – 3:43 • 'Hollywood' (Fenech-Soler Remix) – 5:45 • 'Hollywood' (Monarchy ‘Gliese Remix’) – 7:26 • 'Hollywood' (Acoustic) – 3:38 • 7” vinyl • 'Hollywood' (Single Version) – 3:23 • 'Bad Kidz' – 3:49 Other remixes • 'Hollywood' (Juan MacLean Remix) – 8:35 • 'Hollywood' (Radioproof Remix) – 4:45 Personnel [ ] Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Family Jewels and the 'Hollywood' CD single. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

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