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"Honey to the Bee" is a song by English singer Billie from her debut studio album, Honey to the B (1998). It was released on 22 March 1999 and debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart, which became its peak position. It was not a hit in mainland Europe, but it became one of Billie's highest-charting songs in Australia and New Zealand, reaching number six in the former country and number five in the latter. In Australia, it was the 48th-best-selling song of 1999.
In January 2007, the song was championed by Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles as part of an experiment to test out the new UK Singles Chart rules that came into effect that month, which prompted the song to reach number 17 on the UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007.
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The video, which uses the shorter radio edit version in lieu of the full album version, was directed by Katie Bell and features Billie in a computer-animated background. [1]
UK CD1 [2]
UK CD2 and Australian CD single [3]
| UK cassette single [4]
European CD single [5]
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Credits are lifted from the Honey to the B album booklet. [6]
Studios
Personnel
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [16] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] | Silver | 200,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | 22 March 1999 |
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United States | 10 August 1999 | Contemporary hit radio | [19] |
"Honey to the Bee" | |
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Song by Play | |
from the album Replay | |
Released | 2003 |
Length | 4:14 |
Label | Columbia |
Songwriter(s) | Wendy Page, Jim Marr |
Producer(s) | Desmond Child, Bill Padley, Rick Wake, Pamela Sheyne |
In June 2003, Swedish girl group Play covered the song on their third album Replay . [20] Play's version featured a trip hop beat and soprano vocals. [20]
"Because We Want To" is a song performed by British pop singer Billie. The song was written by Dion Rambo, Jacques Richmond, Wendy Page, and Jim Marr and produced by Marr and Page for Billie's debut album, Honey to the B (1998). It was released as her debut single on 29 June 1998 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number one in July 1998, making Billie the youngest artist to debut at number one, at age 15. It also reached the top 10 in Ireland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The song was the official theme of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.
"Take My Breath Away" is a song by English singer-songwriter Emma Bunton. Written by Bunton, Steve Mac, and Wayne Hector, it was released on 27 August 2001 in the United Kingdom as the second single from Bunton's debut solo album, A Girl Like Me (2001). The single debuted and peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart. The accompanying music video was shot in Sardinia, Italy, and was directed by Greg Masuak.
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"She Wants You" is a song originally performed by Slovak singer Dara Rolins. The song, written by Tim Lawson and Pam Sheyne, was issued on Rolins' studio album What You See Is What You Get in 1996. The song then became a hit single in 1998 when English singer turned actress Billie covered it.
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