You+Me | |
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Alecia Moore (left) and Dallas Green (right) | |
Background information | |
Origin | Los Angeles, United States |
Genres | Folk |
Years active | 2014–present |
Labels | |
Members |
You+Me is a Canadian-American folk music duo consisting of singers and songwriters Dallas Green, better known as City and Colour, and Alecia Moore, better known as Pink.[2][3][4] Their debut album, entitled Rose Ave., was released on October 14, 2014, by RCA Records. The first promotional single from the album, "You and Me", premiered with a lyric video on their Vevo channel on September 8, 2014.[5]
History
[edit]Background
[edit]Moore and Green met through mutual friends several years prior to their collaboration in 2014.[6] The first time they sang together Green had asked Moore to sing with him at one of his shows.[7] They remained friends and Green opened several shows for Moore in the U.K.[8] Moore had considered singing acoustic ballads, and as friends the two had considered collaborating for several years. In March 2014, their schedules allowed them to get together and compose original songs.[9] They had written musical nuggets in advance, and their debut album Rose Ave. took shape within a week.[8][9] The artists attributed their quick progress to the freedom from usual production pressures and the joy of making music together.[9][10] The name of the duo, You+Me, is based on the two friends wanting to sing together.[9]
Green recalls how the collaboration came about: "Alecia and I had talked about (working together) for a long time — not about making a record, but the idea of singing together and trying to write a song. (...) When we had the time to do it, that really lit a fire of creativity because it was something different. The idea of collaborating with a female voice and a different writer was what I needed, I guess, to create a bunch of new songs."[11]
Rose Ave.
[edit]The duo's debut album Rose Ave. was released on October 14, 2014. The work was initiated and produced by Moore and Green. They had considered releasing the music independently; however, in order to reach a large audience and for legal concerns the album was released through Moore's label RCA Records.[12][13] The album charted at number one in Canada and at number four in the United States, the home countries of the artists.[14][15]
Possible second album
[edit]In an interview from June 2021, Green stated that he had recently written "almost a whole new record" for You+Me.[16]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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AUS [17] |
AUT [18] |
CAN [19] |
GER [20] |
IRE [21] |
NLD [22] |
NZ [23] |
SWI [24] |
UK [25] |
US [26] | |||
Rose Ave. | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
Singles
[edit]Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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AUT [31] |
CAN [32] |
GER [33] |
SWI [34] |
UK [35] | |||
"You and Me" | 2014 | 68 | 48 | 91 | 64 | 199 | Rose Ave. |
"Break the Cycle" | — | 41 | — | — | — | ||
"Capsized" | — | 57 | — | — | — |
References
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- ^ "Pink forms duo You+Me, debuts new song". Official Charts Company. September 8, 2014. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ^ "P!nk & Dallas Green of City and Colour Form Folk Duo You+Me, New Album 'rose ave.' Due in October". Music Times. September 8, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ^ "Alecia Moore (P!nk) & Dallas Green (City and Colour) team up for new album 'rose ave.'". RCA Records. September 8, 2014. Archived from the original on September 8, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ^ "Pink and Dallas Green talk their new collaboration, 'You + Me'". Entertainment Weekly. October 16, 2014. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ "A Pop Star And An Indie Folk Singer Intersect At 'Rose Ave.'". NPR.org. October 11, 2014. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ a b "Alecia Moore and Dallas Green on Their Non-Pink Musical Project and the Horrors of Pineapple Beer". Vulture. October 16, 2014. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "'It Was Meant to Happen': Alecia Moore and Dallas Green Team Up for You+Me". Time magazine. October 13, 2014. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
- ^ "Not Pink: Alecia Moore's new music is with You+Me". Associated Press. October 14, 2014. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ Friend, David (June 7, 2016). "Q&A: City and Colour's Dallas Green on the Hip's influence, working with Pink". 680 News. Archived from the original on June 8, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016 – via The Canadian Press.
- ^ "Pink on You+Me: why I've ditched the acrobatics and leotards to go country". The Guardian. October 28, 2014. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ^ "Pink, You + Me, and the Trouble with Side Projects". laweekly.com. October 14, 2014. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ^ "Canadian Albums – November 1, 2014". Billboard Magazine. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
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- ^ Notes To Spare (Episode 1) – City and Colour, 2 June 2021, retrieved 2021-06-16
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- ^ "GFK Chart-Track". Chart-track.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "YOU+ME – ROSE AVE. (ALBUM)". Dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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- ^ "You+Me – rose ave". Swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ^ "Albums Chart Archive – 25 October 2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Billboard 200 – November 1, 2014". Billboard Magazine. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ^ "Hear Pink Go Folk in New Project You & Me With City and Colour's Dallas Green". Billboard Magazine. September 8, 2014. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ^ "Pink Forms Duo You + Me With Dallas Green, Announces Album & Releases New Song: Listen". Idolator.com. September 8, 2014. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
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- ^ "German Charts: You+Me – You and Me (song)". Charts.de. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ "Swiss Charts: You+Me – You and Me (song)". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update : 20.09.2014". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 20 February 2015.