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"Controller" | ||||
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Single by L.A.B. | ||||
from the album L.A.B. | ||||
Released | 31 July 2018[1][2] | |||
Genre | contemporary R&B[3] | |||
Length | 4:35 | |||
Label | Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa | |||
Songwriter(s) | Brad Kora | |||
Producer(s) | Brad Kora | |||
L.A.B. singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Controller" on YouTube |
"Controller" is a song by New Zealand band L.A.B., released as a single from their debut album L.A.B. in mid-2018. After the success of the band's song "In the Air" (2019), the song became a hit in New Zealand.
"Controller" was one of the first songs the band L.A.B. wrote, inspired by the story of a woman who falls blindly in love with a controlling man.[2][4] The song incorporates 1980s-style pop synths and percussion.[5]
The song was released as a single in July 2018, alongside the release of the song's music video, directed by Shae Sterling.[1][2] The song became a hit in 2020 after the release of the band's single "In the Air", becoming the 8th most successful single by a New Zealand artist in 2020.[6]
The song was compiled onto the band's 2023 album Introducing L.A.B., originally produced as a sampler for their debut European performances.[7]
Dave Tucker of Ambient Light Blog reviewed the song positively, calling it "[the] perfect single piece of team mastery, combin[ing] a sweet soulful sincerity that I like a lot."[8]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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New Zealand (RMNZ)[13] | 8× Platinum | 240,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |