"Cruel" | ||||
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Single by Alfie Arcuri | ||||
from the album Zenith | ||||
Released | 10 July 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:36 | |||
Label | Universal Music Australia | |||
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Alfie Arcuri singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Cruel" on YouTube |
"Cruel" is the debut and winner's single by season five winner of The Voice Australia , Alfie Arcuri. It was released digitally immediately after he was announced the winner on 10 July 2016, as the lead single from his debut studio album Zenith . The song peaked at number 89 on the ARIA Singles Chart, selling 1,458 in its first week, becoming the show's worst performing winner's single to date. [1] [2]
Lynnette Guzman from Australian Network News believes "music insiders considered the likely mismatch of Arcuri's singing style with the pop song as the problem." [3]
The music video was released on 18 August 2016. [4]
David Knox from TV Tonight questioned "Who on earth decided Alfie Arcuri should be releasing an up-tempo single "Cruel" as his first single?...with viewers voted him through on the back of Sam Smith-style ballads for much of the season", calling Arcuri "a fine vocalist". [5]
Paul Cashmere from Noise11 felt that the song "was a complete disaster and makes a mockery of a show promoted to be about music". [6]
"Cruel" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 89 with 1,458 sales. In its second week, the song fell to number 298 with 482 sales. [7]
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Australian (ARIA) [8] | 89 |