(I Don't Want to Be) Second Best

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"(I Don't Want to Be) Second Best"
Second Best by Margaret Urlich.jpg
Single by Margaret Urlich
from the album Chameleon Dreams
B-side "Escaping" (live)
Released1 March 1993 [1]
Genre Pop
Length4:50
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Margaret Urlich, T Swain
Producer(s) T Swain
Margaret Urlich singles chronology
"Human Race"
(1992)
"(I Don't Want to Be) Second Best"
(1993)
"Burnt Sienna"
(1993)

"(I Don't Want to Be) Second Best" is a song from New Zealand singer Margaret Urlich. The song was released in March 1993 as the third single from her second studio album, Chameleon Dreams . The song peaked at number 39 in New Zealand. [2]

Contents

Track listing

CD single/7" (Columbia 659003.1)

  1. "(I Don't Want to Be) Second Best"
  2. "Escaping" (live version; recorded in December 1992)
  3. "(I Don't Want to Be) Second Best" (extended version)

Charts

Chart performance for "(I Don't Want to Be) Second Best"
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 132
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [2] 39

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References

  1. The ARIA Report. Vol. 160. ARIA. 28 February 1993. p. 20.
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