All About Us (Peter Andre song)

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"All About Us"
All About Us by Peter Andre.png
Single by Peter Andre featuring Montell Jordan and Lil' Bo Peep
from the album Time
B-side "Mystery Track"
Released28 July 1997 (1997-07-28) [1]
Length3:55
Label Mushroom
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Montell Jordan
  • Schappel Crawford
Peter Andre singles chronology
"Natural"
(1997)
"All About Us"
(1997)
"Lonely"
(1997)

"All About Us" is a song by British-Australian singer Peter Andre. It was released in July 1997 as the lead single from his third studio album, Time (1997). The album version features Montell Jordan and Lil' Bo Peep. "All About Us" peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and also charted in Australia, Flanders, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.

Contents

Critical reception

In an album review, Brendan Swift from AllMusic said "the catchy dance of 'All About Us', produced, written and featuring Jordan's backing vocals, sounds like a knockoff from one of his albums (albeit a strong one)" and "among the strongest on Time". [2]

Track listings

Charts

Chart performance for "All About Us"
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [9] 65
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [10] 13
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [11] 49
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 31
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [14] 28
Scotland (OCC) [15] 6
UK Singles (OCC) [16] 3

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