My Secret Friend

"My Secret Friend" is a song performed by IAMX and Imogen Heap, released as the third single from the album Kingdom of Welcome Addiction. The CD single is available only through the IAMX webstore.^[1]

Music video

The music video, directed by Chris Corner, features Corner dressed as a woman, the video's lead female character, and Heap as a man, the lead male character. He stated in an interview that when he wrote it he pictured the characters as siblings, who have a romantic, possibly incestuous, relationship.^[2] The video is featured on the CD single.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Chris Corner and Imogen Heap.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Secret Friend (radio edit)"	3:45
2.	"My Secret Friend (Omega Man remix)"	4:45
3.	"My Secret Friend (The Unfall Broken Waltz rework)" (features vocals only by Chris Corner)	4:41
4.	"My Secret Friend" (official music video)	4:31
5.	"Running" (home video - acoustic - bonus)	4:44

Song versions

Album version - 4:06
Radio edit - 3:45
Omega Man remix - 4:45, remixed and additionally produced by Joe Wilson.
The Unfall Broken Waltz rework - 4:41, remixed by Corner under the alias Unfall, this version doesn't include Heap's vocals.
"Mein geheimer Freund" - 4:00, solo acoustic piano version in German released at IAMX's official YouTube channel announcing his Germany tour.^[3]
Interpretation by Larry Driscoll - 3:27, cover version included on Dogmatic Infidel Comedown OK as a hidden song in a 4-song track.

Chart positions

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart ^[4]	58

References

IAMX

Chris Corner

Studio albums	Kiss + Swallow The Alternative Kingdom of Welcome Addiction Volatile Times The Unified Field Metanoia

Other albums	Live in Warsaw Dogmatic Infidel Comedown OK

EPs	Your Joy Is My Low IAMIXED Everything Is Burning

Singles	"Kiss and Swallow" "Your Joy Is My Low" "Missile" "Spit It Out" "Nightlife" "President" "Think of England" "Tear Garden" "My Secret Friend" "Ghosts of Utopia" "Bernadette" "Volatile Times" "The Unified Field" "Quiet the Mind" "Happiness"

Imogen Heap

Studio albums	iMegaphone Speak for Yourself Ellipse Sparks

Live releases	Rolling Stone Original Live Session EP (iTunes Exclusive) iTunes Festival: London '07: An Evening with iMegaphone (Live) Live Charity Improvisations: North America Tour 2010

Singles	"Getting Scared" "Shine" "Come Here Boy" "Oh Me, Oh My" "Hide and Seek" "Goodnight and Go" "Headlock" "First Train Home" "Lifeline" "Propeller Seeds" "Neglected Space" "Minds Without Fear" "Xizi She Knows" "You Know Where To Find Me" "Telemiscommunications" "Run-Time" "Entanglement" "Tiny Human" "The Happy Song"

Other singles	"Aeroplane" "Just for Now" "Predictably Unpredictable" (Urban Species) "Blanket" (Urban Species) "Meantime" (GMT/Guy Sigsworth) "My Secret Friend" (IAMX)

Other songs	"Hallelujah" "Canvas" "Glittering Cloud" "Can't Take It In" "Spooky" "Thriller" "Not Now But Soon" "The Shepherdess" "Clean"

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