Bastille

Released: December 10, 2012

Featuring: Erika Footman Ella Eyre

Songwriter: N-Trance Tina Turner

Producer: Mark Crew Dan Smith

[Verse 1: Ella Eyre]
All the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You don't look at their faces
And you don't ask their names

[Verse 2: Bastille]
You don't think of them as human
You don't think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money
Keeping your eyes on the wall

[Chorus: Bastille & Ella Eyre]
I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money
I'll do what you want me to do
I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money
And any old music will do

[Verse 3: Ella Eyre]
I wanna make a million dollars
I wanna live out by the sea
Have a husband and some children
Yeah, I guess I want a family

[Verse 4: Bastille & Ella Eyre]
All the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You don't look at their faces
And you don't ask their names

[Chorus: Bastille & Ella Eyre]
I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money
I'll do what you want me to do
I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money
And any old music will do

[Bridge: Erika]
When I hold you baby
Feel your heart beat close to me
Wanna stay in your arms forever

[Outro: Bastille, Ella Eyre, & Erika]
Only love can set you free
(Set you free)
(Set you free)
(Set you free)
When I wake each morning (Set you free)
(Set you free)
And the storm beats down on me (Set you free)
(Set you free)
And I know we belong together (Set you free)
(Set you free)
Only love can set you free

Bastille is a British indie pop band. After releasing a limited single in 2010 and the Laura Palmer EP in 2011, the band was signed to Virgin Records. Following their signing, the band released two mix-tapes – Other People’s Heartache and Other People’s Heartache Pt. 2 — for free. In an interview with The Guardian, Dan Smith discussed the

Someone recently said to ‘The mixtapes were very clever, was that the label’s idea?’ Actually the label were completely against it; we were stealing and sampling illegally left, right and centre. The label ‘We want nothing to do with this.’ When it came to hosting the mixtapes, I had to register the website myself.

Preceding the release of their debut album, Bad Blood, the band released several singles — “Overjoyed”, “Bad Blood” and “Flaws”— to moderate commercial success. In February 2013, the band was catapulted into the charts by the album’s fourth single, “Pompeii”. The song was a commercial hit, going up to 5x Platinum around the world. In June 2014, “Pompeii” was confirmed to be the United Kingdom’s most streamed song ever. Unfortunately, it has since been overtaken.

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