I Promised Myself

I Promised Myself

Infobox Single
Name = I Promised Myself


Cover size =
Border =
Caption = CD maxi - 1990
Artist = Nick Kamen
Album = Move Until We Fly
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1990 (Original version)
2004 (Remix version)
Format = CD single
CD maxi
7" single
12" maxi
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Pop music
Length = 3:55
Label = WEA
Writer = Nick Kamen
Producer = Mike Paxman
Paul Muggleton
Audio sample? =
Certification =
Last single = "Don't Hold Out"
(1989)
This single = "I Promised Myself"
(1990)
Next single = "Oh How Happy"
(1990)
Misc =Extra chronology
Last single = "We'll Never Lose What We Have Found"
(1992)
This single = "I Promised Myself"
(2004)
Next single = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = 2004 version

"I Promised Myself" is a song written and originally performed by Nick Kamen. It was released as a single twice : first from his album "Move Until We Fly" in 1990, then in a remix in 2004. The original version achieved success in Austria and Sweden where it topped the charts. In 2004, the song was covered by A*Teens.

Nick Kamen version

Track listings

; CD maxi
# "I Promised Myself"
# "You Are"
# "Don't Hold Out"
# "Tell Me" ; 7" single
# "I Promised Myself" — 3:55
# "You Are" — 3:58 ; 12" maxi
# "I Promised Myself" (extended version) — 5:40
# "I Promised Myself" — 3:55
# "You are" — 3:58

Certifications

Cover versions

A*Teens version

Infobox Single
Name = I Promised Myself


Artist = A*Teens
from Album = Greatest Hits
Released = 2004
Format = CD Single
Airplay
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Pop, Europop, Dance
Length = 3:31
Label = Universal Music
Writer = Nick Kamen
Producer = Grizzly
Tysper
Last single = "Let Your Heart Do All The Talking"
(2003)
This single = "I Promised Myself"
(2003)
Next single =

A*Teens covered the song and released it as a single from their album Greatest Hits. The band's version of the track was produced by Grizzly and Tysper. It was the only new song released from the album and the band's last single.

Track listings

; European 2-Track CD Single
#I Promised Myself [Radio Version] - 3:32
#I Promised Myself [Extended Version] - 4:44

; European CD Maxi
#I Promised Myself [Radio Version] - 3:32
#I Promised Myself [Extended Version] - 4:44
#I Promised Myself [The Attic Radio Version] - 3:28
#I Promised Myself [The Attic Remix] - 5:55

Music video

The video was directed by Gustav Jonhson and was filmed in Sweden and shows the band's members images inserted in scenes from past videos, so that they appear to be interacting with the teenagers they were before.

The video was a hit in both Sweden and Latin America reaching #1 on MTV Countdowns and it was the year's 23rd most played video on MTV South America and 34th in MTV Mexico.

Chart performances

It was released in April 2004 in Sweden (where it reached number-two) and in May 2005 around the globe. It reached number-one in Ukraine, Estonia, Chile, Colombia and Peru, number-six in Mexico and it reached fifty-three on the Official Eurochart.

Other versions

*In 1999, it was covered and released on the allbum Fragile, by Dead Or Alive
*In 2007, it was covered and released as a single by José Galisteo.

References


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