B-side "Science of Fear" "Little Boy"
Released 16 September 2008
“A moment of love, a dream, a laugh, a kiss, a cry, our rights, our wrongs…”
Lyrics
Sweet disposition
Never too soon
Oh, reckless abandon
Like no one's watching you
A moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
A kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
A moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
A moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
So stay there
'Cause I'll be coming over
While our blood's still young
It's so young, it runs
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop to surrender
Songs of desperation
I played them for you
A moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
A kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
A moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
A moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
Stay there
'Cause I'll be coming over
While our blood's still young
It's so young, it runs
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop to surrender
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop to surrender
[repeating over the next verse 'til the end:]
A moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
A kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
A moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
A moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop to surrender
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Moment of Love Song
The Temper Trap, an Australian indie rock[1] band, has a song called "Sweet Disposition." The song, which was written by Dougy Mandagi and Lorenzo Silitto, has been dubbed a "indie anthem" by critics. When the song was first released, it entered the top 10 in Flanders, Ireland, and the UK and peaked at No. 14 in Australia. After being added to the soundtrack for the 2009 movie 500 Days of Summer, the song gained new attention and eventually peaked at No. 9 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart.
These are the words of one of my all-time favourite songs, I believe. Because this song was included in the film 500 Days of Summer, starring the lovely duo of Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, I can thank social media movie buffs for introducing me to it. I recall entirely ignoring the other songs on my iTunes library in favour of listening to this song obsessively every hour of every day. Why wouldn't I, really? The lyrics were simply great, and the music was exquisitely arranged. It took me almost three years to figure out the song's true meaning.
The song, which was written by the band, is about the naivety of youth and the change from reacting to everything on the spur of the moment to having to think things through and using our heads more, otherwise known as adulthood. In all honesty, I assumed it was simply one of those songs with a catchy tune but no real substance to the lyrics, but I was again proven wrong. Internet, I curse you.
The Temper Trap are an Australian band, yet the lead single off their debut album Conditions, "Sweet Disposition," only peaked at No. 14 in Australia. Instead, it peaked at No. 6 (in the week beginning October 11) and No. 8 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It eventually achieved 3 Platinum certification in Australia for sales of more than 210,000 copies, becoming the band's most successful single in their own nation.
Due to interest in the song following its inclusion in the movie 500 Days of Summer, it peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. It appeared in the Kevin Costner-starring action movie 3 Days to Kill from 2014. In April 2010, a dance remix of this song by Axwell and Dirty South peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart. In 2013, the RIAA awarded it a Platinum certification for sales of more than 1,000,000 copies.
The Federation of the Italian Music Industry awarded the song a gold certification, and the British Phonographic Industry awarded it a two-platinum rating in the UK.
The song is included in three music videos. In the Australian/domestic version, which was directed by Madeline Griffith, the band plays while slow-motion video of light bulbs breaking on the floor is shown.
The Barnaby Roper-directed UK/international version opens with a runway gradually descending toward the lights until a female is seen rollerblading through space, passing transparent pictures of each band member. After the song gained popularity in 2010, that rendition was also played there.
Daniel Eskils' American adaptation debuted in March 2010. This version shows the band members messing around with and destroying musical instruments as it is being recorded with a high-speed camera.
The Australian band has composed a lot of other songs, but for obvious reasons, they didn't garner as much attention as this one did. They received numerous prizes and a small taste of the popular fame that all musicians long for thanks to this one song. I still hold out a glimmer of hope that they'll soon release some new projects, even though their most recent album of the same name was released in 2012. fingers crossed.
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