《Chasing Pavements》是英国著名流行女歌手Adele的第一张专辑《19》中的一首单曲。这首单曲在英国作为第二单曲发行,而在美国则是作为专辑《19》的第一支单曲发行。《Chasing Pavements》在英国单曲排行榜曾夺得第二名的好成绩,在美国公告牌热门单曲榜上最高排名第21位。Adele在美国首唱这首单曲还是在美国收视率最高的电视节目周末夜现场中,独特的声线和完美的演唱让全美的观众认识了这位会唱歌,嗓音独特的英国女歌手。这首单曲为Adele在美国和国际上的知名度打响了前奏,也为她夺得了人生中第一座格莱美奖杯。在第54届格莱美颁奖典礼中,Adele凭借《Chasing Pavements》夺得了最佳流行女歌手奖,同时这首歌还提名了年度最佳歌曲和年度最佳制作两项通类大奖。
《Chasing Pavements》可以说是Adele真正意义的成名曲。这首歌描写了她被交往六个月的前男友劈腿,在一天早上六点,Adele冲到前男友在的酒吧打了他一拳,随后就被赶了出来。在街上孤独一人的时候,Adele问自己:“我在追求什么?只是毫无结果而已!”于是,《Chasing Pavements》诞生了,歌曲中透露着一股淡淡的忧伤,副歌中不断的反问句带着一丝无奈也带着一丝笃定。整首歌横跨了爵士、蓝调和流行乐,在2009年的格莱美奖中,Adele凭借《Chasing Pavements》拿下最佳新人奖和最佳流行女歌手奖两个重量级奖项,同时还被提名了通类大奖年度最佳唱片和年度最佳歌曲。
"Chasing Pavements" is the second single from soul singer Adele. Adele performed the song on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 7 December 2007.[1] It was released digitally in Ireland on 13 January 2008 and entered the Irish singles chart at number 26 through download sales alone. Having received a physical release, the single then leaped nineteen places to number seven, where it peaked. On 20 January, the single entered at number two in the UK singles chart on downloads alone. Chasing Pavements was the 27th best selling single of 2008 in the UK, with over 280,000 sales. Oktober 2010 the single reentered the british top 10. On 3 December 2008, "Chasing Pavements" was nominated for Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It has won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.[2] It was featured in three episodes of Hollyoaks. The first was in a concluding scene of Hannah Ashworth's anorexia. The second was in a beginning scene of Charlie Dean's custody battle. The third was in a scene showing Dominic Reilly reflecting on Tina McQueen talking to him, which was aired on the 15 October. The song was also featured in Wild Child, starring Emma Roberts and the late Natasha Richardson. Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" along with "Cold Shoulder" on Saturday Night Live on October 18, 2008. The B-side to the single, "That's It. I Quit. I'm Movin' On.", is an acoustic cover of a Sam Cooke song. It remains Adele's biggest hit single in the USA to date, and the only one to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.