No Regrets (Robbie Williams song)

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"No Regrets"
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Single by Robbie Williams
from the album I've Been Expecting You
A-side "Antmusic"
B-side
Released30 November 1998 (1998-11-30)
Length
  • 5:10 (album version)
  • 4:00 (radio edit)
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"Millennium"
(1998)
"No Regrets"
(1998)
"Strong"
(1999)
Music video
"No Regrets" on YouTube

"No Regrets" is a song by English singer Robbie Williams. It was released on 30 November 1998 as the second single from his second studio album, I've Been Expecting You (1998). The track was written by Williams and Guy Chambers and features backing vocals from Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys and Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy. In the United Kingdom, the song was released as a double A-side with a cover of Adam and the Ants' "Antmusic".

Contents

"No Regrets" / "Antmusic" became another top-five hit for Williams in the United Kingdom. "Antmusic" was also featured on the UK trailer to the Pixar animated film A Bug's Life (1998). One of the B-sides, "Sexed Up", was later re-recorded for the Escapology album and released as a single in 2003.

Release and reception

Chrysalis Records released two CD singles and a cassette single of "No Regrets" on 30 November 1998, followed by a 7-inch single on 7 December. [1] [2] The song reached number four on the UK Singles Chart and went on to sell over 200,000 copies, being certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [3]

Music video

The video has Robbie Williams at first performing in a Vegas-like show. He then realises he cannot fake being happy and leaves the stage. He walks to a petrol station (which is in Hurley opposite the former East Arms Pub), gets some petrol in a jerry can, and begins walking through crowds and over roads, dribbling petrol in a line the whole way. Finally, a spark is dropped at the petrol station and lights up the whole trail as Williams narrates the last lines.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the I've Been Expecting You album booklet. [11]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1998–1999)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [12] 34
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [13] 5
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [14] 35
France (SNEP) [15] 67
Germany (Official German Charts) [16] 60
Greece (IFPI) [17] 7
Hungary (Mahasz) [18] 6
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [19] 4
Ireland (IRMA) [20] 15
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [21] 71
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [22] 29
Scotland (OCC) [23]
with "Antmusic"
3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [24] 43
UK Singles (OCC) [25]
with "Antmusic"
4

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [3] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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