Perfect Bliss

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"Perfect Bliss"
PerfectBliss.jpg
Single by Bellefire
from the album After the Rain
Released2 July 2001 (2001-07-02) (UK)
Studio Shane Songs (Stockholm, Sweden)
Length3:38
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jörgen Elofsson
  • Mathias Venge
Bellefire singles chronology
"Perfect Bliss"
(2001)		"Buzzstyle (Find My Way)"
(2002)
Alternative cover
PerfectBlissCD Asia.jpg
Japanese release cover artwork

"Perfect Bliss" is the debut single of Irish girl group Bellefire, released as the lead single from their first album, After the Rain (2001). [1] Issued in 2001, the song peaked at number two on the Irish Singles Chart in June of the same year, ending the year as Ireland's 23rd-best-performing single. On 2 July 2001, "Perfect Bliss" was released in the United Kingdom, reaching number 18 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Gregg Masuak with post-production from Chris Dean and Justin Mullender.[ citation needed ]

Track listings

UK HDCD single [2] [3]

  1. "Perfect Bliss" – 3:38
  2. "Don't Let Me Down" – 4:25
  3. "Dancing Inside" – 3:50
  4. "Perfect Bliss" (video)

UK cassette single and Japanese CD single [4] [5]

  1. "Perfect Bliss" – 3:38
  2. "Don't Let Me Down" – 4:25
  3. "Dancing Inside" – 3:50

European CD single [6]

  1. "Perfect Bliss" – 3:38
  2. "Don't Let Me Down" – 4:25

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes and the After the Rain album booklet. [3] [7]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Release history

Release history and formats for "Perfect Bliss"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Ireland2001
  • CD
  • cassette
 Virgin
United Kingdom2 July 2001 [14]
Japan8 August 2001CD [15]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Bellefire – Perfect Bliss" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 Perfect Bliss (UK HDCD single liner notes). Bellefire. Virgin Records. 2001. VSCDT 1807, 7243 8 97719 09.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Perfect Bliss (UK cassette single sleeve). Bellefire. Virgin Records. 2001. VSC 1807, 7243 8 97719 47.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ Perfect Bliss (Japanese CD single liner notes). Bellefire. Virgin Records. 2001. VJCP-12142.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Perfect Bliss (European CD single liner notes). Bellefire. Virgin Records. 2001. VSCDE1807, 7243 8 97795 23.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  10. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
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