Songs
Love Affair
Description
"Love Affair" is a song originally composed, performed, recorded, and released by Regina Spektor. One of Regina's earliest songs, the United States Copyright Office indicates the song was written in 1997. "Love Affair" was performed live potentially as early as 1998 (exact date unknown, sometime between 1998 and 2000 per Papa's Bootlegs and was featured on the 1999 Demo Tape before being officially released on 11:11 in March 2001 (perhaps as early as 2001-03-10).
"Love Affair" was remastered as part of the rerelease of 11:11 on 2022-08-26. , being touted as the album's lead "single", complete with a new teaser music video. A live version was released as part of Papa's Bootlegs on the same day. "Love Affair" was initially only been to known to be played a handful of times early in Regina's career, but has featured in more recent performances as an acknowledgement to 11:11.
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Lyrics
There was a love affair in this building
The kind of love affair
Which every respectable building must keep as a legend
Slowly festering through an innocent "by the way"
Or "have you heard"
He was perfect except for the fact that he was an engineer
And mothers prefer doctors and lawyers
Do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do, dum-dum-dum-dum
Yet despite this imperfection
He was clean-looking and respectable-looking
And you'll never find a mother
Who doesn't appreciate a natural man
So he grew healthy aloe vera plants by the window
Healthy teeth in his mouth
Healthy hair on his head, oh
He grew healthy wavy brown hair on his head
The kind, the kind that babies always go for
With sticky little fingers
Do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do, dum-dum-dum-dum
Ah-dum, ah-dum-da-da
Song Facts
Release Status:
Released
Originally By:
Original
Collaborators:
Solo
Alternate Titles:
N/A
Written:
1997-01-01
Demo:
First Official Release:
First Live Performance:
Last Live Performance:
Song Stats
First Known Date:
Last Known Date:
Time Between First Known Date and Last Known Date:
about 23 years and 9 months
Time Between First and Last Performance:
about 21 years and 7 months
# of Appearances on Official Releases:
4
# of Times Performed Live:
13
Themes & References
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