"Winter Hill" is the second single from
Doves' fourth studio album Kingdom of Rust. The single was released on 20 July 2009 via
Heavenly Records. The song is one of three songs recorded during the album sessions produced by
John Leckie (the other two being album track "10:03" and B-side "Push Me On"). The radio edit of "Winter Hill" features a new mix by
David Bascombe. In a track-by-track discussion with NME, Doves said that the song is about
Winter Hill near
Bolton, and that the track had been "hanging around since Lost Souls but we've not worked on it before...it just kept knocking on our door."[1] "Winter Hill" was released as a limited edition 7" vinyl single, with the exclusive new "
Dylanesque"[2] B-side "Brazil." Three limited edition 12" singles or two separate
digital download-only sets feature exclusive remixes of "Jetstream" and "Compulsion" by
Sasha,
Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, and
Andrew Weatherall. "Winter Hill" became the band's first single not to chart in the top 100 of the
UK Singles Chart on its week of release. It does not appear on their 2010 best-of album The Places Between, although its video is included on the accompanying DVD.
The music video for "Winter Hill" premiered on 10 June 2009 and features stunt cyclist
Danny MacAskill.[3] The video was produced by Pulse Films and directed by David Mould, who previously directed the video for Doves' 2002 single "
Caught by the River."
The B-side "Brazil" was remixed by
Aeroplane in late 2009.
"Winter Hill" is the second single from
Doves' fourth studio album Kingdom of Rust. The single was released on 20 July 2009 via
Heavenly Records. The song is one of three songs recorded during the album sessions produced by
John Leckie (the other two being album track "10:03" and B-side "Push Me On"). The radio edit of "Winter Hill" features a new mix by
David Bascombe. In a track-by-track discussion with NME, Doves said that the song is about
Winter Hill near
Bolton, and that the track had been "hanging around since Lost Souls but we've not worked on it before...it just kept knocking on our door."[1] "Winter Hill" was released as a limited edition 7" vinyl single, with the exclusive new "
Dylanesque"[2] B-side "Brazil." Three limited edition 12" singles or two separate
digital download-only sets feature exclusive remixes of "Jetstream" and "Compulsion" by
Sasha,
Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, and
Andrew Weatherall. "Winter Hill" became the band's first single not to chart in the top 100 of the
UK Singles Chart on its week of release. It does not appear on their 2010 best-of album The Places Between, although its video is included on the accompanying DVD.
The music video for "Winter Hill" premiered on 10 June 2009 and features stunt cyclist
Danny MacAskill.[3] The video was produced by Pulse Films and directed by David Mould, who previously directed the video for Doves' 2002 single "
Caught by the River."
The B-side "Brazil" was remixed by
Aeroplane in late 2009.