Ghetto Romance

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"Ghetto Romance"
Ghetto Romance Damage cover.png
Single by Damage
from the album Since You've Been Gone
B-side
  • "Maria"
  • "Midnight Caller" (remix)
Released19 June 2000 (2000-06-19) [1]
Length3:47
Label Cooltempo
Songwriter(s) Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Joe Thomas
Producer(s) Tim & Bob
Damage singles chronology
"Love Lady"
(1997)
"Ghetto Romance"
(2000)
"Rumours"
(2000)

"Ghetto Romance" is a song by British R&B group Damage, released in June 2000 as the first single from their second album, Since You've Been Gone (2001). The song was produced by Tim & Bob, and peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD single [2]

  1. "Ghetto Romance" (seven inch mix)
  2. "Maria" (featuring Kele Le Roc)
  3. "Midnight Caller" (Lovestruck garage mix)
  4. "Ghetto Romance" (enhanced video)

UK 12-inch single [3]

A1. "Ghetto Romance" (featuring Siamese) – 4:05
A2. "Ghetto Romance" (Ghetto Thug mix) – 3:52
B1. "Ghetto Romance" (Groove Chronicles mix) – 5:29
B2. "Ghetto Romance" (Trigbag Club Sandwich mix) – 7:48

UK cassette single [4]

  1. "Ghetto Romance" (seven inch mix)
  2. "Ghetto Romance" (Y-Tribe vocal)
  3. "Maria" (featuring Kele Le Roc)

Charts

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