Out of Reach (song)

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"Out of Reach"
Gabrielle - Out of Reach.jpg
Single by Gabrielle
from the album Rise and Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture
Released9 April 2001 (2001-04-09)
Studio Mayfair, Metropolis (London)
Length3:18
Label Go! Beat
Songwriter(s)
  • Gabrielle
  • Jonathan Shorten
Producer(s) Jonathan Shorten
Gabrielle singles chronology
"Should I Stay"
(2000)		"Out of Reach"
(2001)		"Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)"
(2001)

"Out of Reach" is a song by English singer Gabrielle. It was written by Gabrielle and frequent collaborator Jonathan Shorten for the soundtrack of Sharon Maguire's 2001 romantic comedy film Bridget Jones's Diary . The London Session Orchestra provides the string section on the track.

Contents

Released as the soundtrack's lead single on 9 April 2001, "Out of Reach" peaked at number one in Portugal, number two in New Zealand, and number four on the UK Singles Chart. As of March 2021, the song had sold 645,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official Charts Company, and it became the 10th-most-successful single of 2001 in New Zealand. It was later included in the 2001 reissue of her Rise album as well as her greatest hits compilation Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 , released the same year.

Music video

The official music video features Gabrielle singing the song whilst wearing dark sunglasses and a large black leather jacket, intercut with clips from Bridget Jones's Diary . The video also featured Don Gilet.

Track listings

UK CD1 (GOBCD39) [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Out of Reach"3:20
2."Out of Reach" (Sunship remix)5:22
3."Out of Reach" (Architechs remix)4:38
UK CD2 (GOLCD39) [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Out of Reach"3:20
2."Out of Reach" (Blacksmith Rerub mix)4:44
3."Out of Reach" (Almighty remix)7:27
4."Out of Reach" (CR ROM video)3:12
UK cassette single (GOBMC39) [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Out of Reach"3:20
2."Out of Reach" (Sunship remix)5:22
European CD single (587 004-2) [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Out of Reach"3:20
2."Out of Reach" (Almighty remix)7:27
Australasian CD single (5873632) [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Out of Reach"3:20
2."Out of Reach" (Almighty radio edit)3:48
3."Out of Reach" (Almighty mix)7:27
4."Out of Reach" (Sunship mix)5:21
5."Out of Reach" (Architechs remix)4:35
6."Out of Reach" (Blacksmith Rerub mix)4:44
Japanese CD single (UICP 5009) [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Out of Reach"3:39
2."Out of Reach" (Almighty remix)7:26
3."Out of Reach" (Sunship mix)5:21
4."Out of Reach" (Architechs remix)4:35
5."Out of Reach" (Blacksmith Rerub mix)4:44

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes. [1]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [35] Platinum70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] Platinum645,000 [37]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom9 April 2001
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Go! Beat [38]
Australia23 July 2001CD [39]
Japan29 August 2001 [40]
United States8 October 2001 Hot adult contemporary radio
 [41]

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