Inside Out (Shara Nelson song)

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"Inside Out"
Shara Nelson - Inside Out.jpeg
Single by Shara Nelson
from the album What Silence Knows
Released8 November 1993 (1993-11-08)
Length3:19
Label Cooltempo
Songwriter(s)
  • Shara Nelson
  • Kevin Armstrong
Producer(s) Michael Peden
Shara Nelson singles chronology
"One Goodbye in Ten"
(1993)
"Inside Out"
(1993)
"Uptight"
(1994)

"Nobody"
(1994)

"Inside Out" / "Down That Road"
(1994)

"Rough with the Smooth"
(1995)
Chart (1993-94)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [6] 46
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 34
UK Airplay (ERA) [8] 93
UK Dance (OCC) [9] 10
UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [10] 51

Release history

RegionVersionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United KingdomOriginal version8 November 1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Cooltempo [11]
Remix with "Down That Road"30 August 1994
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[12]

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