Come Undone (Robbie Williams song)

Come Undone (Robbie Williams song)
"Come Undone"
Single by Robbie Williams
from the album Escapology
Released March 31, 2003
Format CD Single, DVD Single
Recorded 2002
Genre Soft Rock
Length 4:35 (Album/Single Version)
3:55 (Radio Edit)
Label Chrysalis
Writer(s) Robbie Williams,
Ashley Hamilton
Boots Ottestad
Daniel Pierre
Producer Guy Chambers
Steve Power
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"Feel"
(2002)
"Come Undone"
(2003)
"Something Beautiful"
(2003)

"Come Undone" is a song by British pop singer Robbie Williams, it was released as the second single from his album Escapology in the spring of 2003. The song is written by Williams, Ashley Hamilton (son of George Hamilton), Boots Ottestad and Daniel Pierre.

Contents

Music video

The music video was banned in most countries for being too sexually explicit. It features a hungover Robbie waking up in the morning after a large house party, as he walks around the house flashbacks of the events of the night before are shown. As the song reaches its climax, Williams is seen participating in three-way sex with two women (who are in fact porn stars). These shots are interspersed with graphic and unsettling images of snakes, rats and bugs, mostly crawling on beautiful women. In the final shots, the two women have become men in drag, perhaps a subtle reference to the media's infatuation with Williams' sexuality. The song also contains numerous explicit words.

Controversy

"Come Undone" became a top ten hit around the world, but due to its controversial video, it was heavily censored by MTV Networks Europe for depicting a debauched (but fully clothed) Williams having three-way sex with two women. Though the video also showed unsettling images (cf. previous section), the uncensored version of the video was released on DVD Single in Europe and was also included on the Enhanced CD Single.[1] BBC Radio 2 also banned the song for its explicit content.[2] During such furores at this time, it was confirmed that Williams and Guy Chambers were to officially part ways.[1]

Chart Success

The song managed to reach number-four in the United Kingdom, but it fell out of the top ten in the second week, however, controversy surrounding the music video kept the album on the charts. Worldwide, the single did not manage to equal the success of Williams' previous single, "Feel." To date Come Undone sold 85,000 copies in the UK.[3]

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Come Undone".

UK CD
(Released March 31, 2003)

  1. "Come Undone" (Single Version) - 4:34
  2. "One Fine Day" - 3:36
  3. "Happy Easter (War Is Coming)" - 4:03
  4. "Photo Gallery & Video Clips"

UK DVD
(Released March 31, 2003)

  1. "Come Undone" [Video] - 4:34
  2. "One Fine Day" [Audio] - 3:36
  3. "Happy Easter (War Is Coming)" [Audio] - 4:03

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position[4][5]
Australian Singles Chart 27
Austrian Singles Chart 15
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 48
Danish Singles Chart 16
Dutch Singles Chart 26
French Singles Chart 49
German Singles Chart 16
Irish Singles Chart 14
Italian Singles Chart 11
New Zealand Singles Chart 25
Romanian Singles Chart[6] 3
Swedish Singles Chart 46
Swiss Singles Chart 45
UK Singles Chart 4

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