"New Beginning" | ||||
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Single by Stephen Gately | ||||
from the album New Beginning | ||||
A-side | "Bright Eyes" | |||
Released | 29 May 2000 [1] | |||
Length | 3:38 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Bag & Arnthor | |||
Stephen Gately singles chronology | ||||
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"New Beginning" on YouTube | ||||
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"Bright Eyes" on YouTube |
"New Beginning" is the debut single by Irish singer-songwriter Stephen Gately from his debut solo album, New Beginning . The song was released on 29 May 2000 in the United Kingdom where it was issued as a double A-side with Gately's cover of Art Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes" and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. The music video for "New Beginning" was directed by Simon Hilton and shot in London. [2] In the 2001 United Kingdom general election the Liberal Democrats used the song as their election theme song. [3]
UK CD1 [4]
UK CD2 [5]
UK cassette single [6]
European CD single [7]
European and Australian maxi-CD single [8]
Personnel are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes. [4]
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [9] | 92 |
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [10] | 9 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [11] | 16 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [12] | 65 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [13] | 41 |
Scotland (OCC) [14] | 4 |
UK Singles (OCC) [15] | 3 |
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