Incredible (What I Meant to Say)

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"Incredible (What I Meant to Say)"
Dariusdanesh incredibleCD.jpg
Single by Darius
from the album Dive In
B-side
Released3 March 2003 (2003-03-03)
Studio Decoy (Encino, California) [1]
Length3:37
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Matrix
Darius singles chronology
"Rushes"
(2002)		"Incredible (What I Meant to Say)"
(2003)		"Girl in the Moon"
(2003)
Music video
"Incredible (What I Meant to Say)" on YouTube

"Incredible (What I Meant to Say)" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Darius, released as the third single from his debut album, Dive In (2002). It peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, making it his third consecutive top-10 hit.

Contents

Music video

The video was shot over two days at the Estacion De Francia train station in Barcelona, Spain. [2]

After Darius has an argument with his girlfriend, played by model Kate Groombridge, he tries to find her to apologise, but the train he thinks she is on leaves before he can say sorry. He then exits the train station down-hearted, just missing his girlfriend, who returns to find him.

Track listings

UK CD1 [1]

  1. "Incredible (What I Meant to Say)"
  2. "Rushes" (8 Jam remix)
  3. "Pretty Flamingo"
  4. "Incredible (What I Meant to Say)" (video)

UK CD2 [3]

  1. "Incredible (What I Meant to Say)"
  2. "Fragile"
  3. "Don't Forget to Breathe"

UK cassette single [4]

  1. "Incredible (What I Meant to Say)"
  2. "Rushes" (8 Jam remix)

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel are adapted from the Dive In album liner notes. [5]

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [6] 37
Ireland (IRMA) [7] 21
Scotland (OCC) [8] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 9

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
United Kingdom3 March 2003 Mercury [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Incredible (What I Meant to Say) (UK CD1 liner notes). Darius. Mercury Records. 2003. 0779782.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ "Website of Nigel Dick, director: df439 DARIUS – Incredible". Archived from the original on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
  3. ↑ Incredible (What I Meant to Say) (UK CD2 liner notes). Darius. Mercury Records. 2003. 0779772.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Incredible (What I Meant to Say) (UK cassette single sleeve). Darius. Mercury Records. 2003. 0779774.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ Dive In (Liner notes). Darius. Mercury Records. 2002. 0635922.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 21, no. 13. 22 March 2003. p. 13. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Incredible". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "New Releases – For Week Starting 3 March 2003: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 1 March 2003. p. 21. Retrieved 2 September 2021.Misprinted as 10 March on source.
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