Forbidden Road

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"Forbidden Road"
Single by Robbie Williams
from the album Better Man soundtrack
Released22 November 2024
Genre Soft rock
Length3:18
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"Lost (XXV)"
(2022)
"Forbidden Road"
(2024)

"Forbidden Road" is a song by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, released as the first single from the soundtrack to the biopic Better Man (2024).

Contents

Music video

An official lyric video was released on 22 November 2024. [1]

Chart performance

Following the single's release, "Forbidden Road" debuted and peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart, and at number 26 on the UK Singles Sales Chart. [2]

Accolades

"Forbidden Road" was nominated for Best Original Song at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards. [3] It was initially shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 97th Academy Awards, but was disqualified a few days later after it was found it incorporated material from "I Got a Name" by Jim Croce. [4] [5] [6]

Charts

Chart performance for "Forbidden Road"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [7] 20
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [8] 26

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