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Oliver Sim – Romance With a Memory (2022) | Track profile | Dork

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Oliver Sim
Hideous Bastard
Romance With a Memory

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Romance With a Memory

Release date: 8th September 2022

From Hideous BastardTrack 22:58

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"Romance With a Memory" is a single by Oliver Sim, from the album Hideous Bastard, released 8th September 2022. The track is 2:58 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Oliver Sim.

About the Artist

Oliver Sim

Oliver Sim

Lyrics

Romance With a Memory

The lack of a kiss did more than a thousand
It's less about you than a romance with a memory
Maybe it's best that we never meet again
So I'm let down by reality

Handsome
I'd only wanted to feel handsome
But there's excitement in that feeling
Of not getting what I needed
I don't know that if my needs were met
You would have had the same effect
Like some kind of punishment

The lack of a kiss did more than a thousand
It's less about you than a romance with a memory
Maybe it's best that we never meet again
So I'm let down by reality

You're just an idea
To keep me company late in the night
You were never really here
Not like the picture I have in my mind

Since the day we met
The only thing I regret
Is my taste for disinterest
(Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss)
(Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss)

The lack of a kiss did more than a thousand
It's less about you than a romance with a memory
Maybe it's best that we never meet again
So I'm let down by reality

The lack of a kiss did more than a thousand
It's less about you than a romance with a memory
Maybe it's best that we never meet again
So I'm let down by reality

The lack of a kiss did more than a thousand
It's less about you than a romance with a memory
Maybe it's best that we never meet again
So I'm let down by reality

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Track details

From Hideous Bastard

2:582022Single

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Album

Hideous Bastard

9th September 2022

Track number

2

Release year

2022

1Hideous (feat. Jimmy Somerville)
4:23
2Romance With a Memory
2:58
3Sensitive Child
3:02
4Never Here
3:38

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The xx delivered a fifteen-song set at their Coachella comeback

The xx delivered a fifteen-song set at their Coachella comeback

The band's first festival appearance in eight years spanned all three albums.

13 Apr 2026 • 10:37 am

Oliver Sim has unveiled his new single 'Telephone Games'

Oliver Sim has unveiled his new single 'Telephone Games'

Collaborated with SG Lewis on 'Baby Blue' and co-hosted NTS takeover.

16 Oct 2025 • 3:25 pm

Oliver Sim has shared 'Run The Credits' from his upcoming debut album

Oliver Sim has shared 'Run The Credits' from his upcoming debut album

"It’s quite a joyous and celebratory song, but lyrically it’s quite open ended and has a lot of anger," he says.

8 Sept 2022 • 8:48 am

Oliver Sim cancels September and October tour dates

The news comes ahead of the release of Oliver's debut album 'Hideous Bastard', which arrives on 9th September.

3 Sept 2022 • 3:45 pm

Jamie xx has remixed Oliver Sim’s recent single ‘GMT’

Jamie xx has remixed Oliver Sim’s recent single ‘GMT’

The original track is taken from Sim’s upcoming album ‘Hideous Bastard’.

22 Aug 2022 • 6:01 pm

Oliver Sim has released a new single, and booked an October tour

Oliver Sim has released a new single, and booked an October tour

His new album 'Hideous Bastard' is out in September.

8 Jul 2022 • 11:36 am

Oliver Sim has shared his second solo single, 'Fruit'

Oliver Sim has shared his second solo single, 'Fruit'

Once again produced by bandmate Jamie x, it follows up on last month's 'Romance With A Memory'.

6 Apr 2022 • 7:12 pm

The xx's Oliver Sim has dropped his first-ever solo single, 'Romance With A Memory'

The xx's Oliver Sim has dropped his first-ever solo single, 'Romance With A Memory'

Produced by bandmate Jamie xx, it comes alongside a lyric video starring artists and drag performers Charity Kase, HoSo Terra Toma, Gena Marvin.

10 Mar 2022 • 3:00 pm

The xx's Oliver Sim is dropping his first solo track 'Romance With A Memory' tomorrow

The xx's Oliver Sim is dropping his first solo track 'Romance With A Memory' tomorrow

It arrives on the same day the band's new Apple Radio show Interludes Radio begins.

9 Mar 2022 • 3:42 pm

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5Unreliable Narrator

10Run the Credits

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Jamie xx, Oliver Sim, Sam Dees
Producer: Jamie xx
Engineer: Jamie xx, Lexxx
Mixing Engineer: David Wrench