Absolutely Everybody

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"Absolutely Everybody"
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Single by Vanessa Amorosi
from the album The Power
Released15 November 1999 (1999-11-15)
Length3:42
Label Transistor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Axel Breitung
Vanessa Amorosi singles chronology
"Have a Look"
(1999)		"Absolutely Everybody"
(1999)		"Shine"
(2000)
Music video
"Absolutely Everybody" (Millennium version) on YouTube

"Absolutely Everybody" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Vanessa Amorosi, released as the second single from her debut album, The Power (2000), on 15 November 1999 by Transistor Music Australia. The song reached number six in Australia and number 10 in New Zealand, and when released in Europe the following year, it peaked at number seven in the United Kingdom, number one in Hungary, and the top 10 in five other countries.

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Song information

"Absolutely Everybody" debuted and peaked at number six on the Australia ARIA Single Charts, her fourth-highest-charting single to date. [2] It was the 74th-best-selling single of 1999 and the 40th-best-selling single for 2000 in that country. [3] [4] It remained in the ARIA Singles Chart for over six months after its release. [2] In New Zealand, the single peaked at number 10 on 14 May 2000 and spent 27 weeks in the top 50. [5] Shortly after her performances at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the song was released internationally and reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. [6] [2] [7] The song's highest peak was in Hungary, where it reached number one. [8]

For her service to music, Amorosi was later awarded the Australian Centenary Medal by the Government of Australia. [9] "Absolutely Everybody", with its positive lyrics, became an unofficial theme song for various cultural events. The song had four different music videos. The first was released in Australia in 1999, followed by the Australian Millennium version; the other two videos were made for the British and German markets, respectively, in 2000.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [30] Platinum70,000^
Germany (BVMI) [31] Gold250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [32] Gold5,000*
United Kingdom—113,000 [33]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Australia15 November 1999CDTransistor Music [2]
United Kingdom11 September 2000
  • CD
  • cassette
Universal [34]
Japan20 September 2000CD [35]
United States9 April 2001 Hot adult contemporary radio [36]
10 April 2001

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