Power of One (song)

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"Power of One"
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Single by Merril Bainbridge
from the album The Garden
Released 23 October 1995 (Australia)
Format CD
Recorded 001 Studios, Carlton, Victoria, 1995
Genre Pop
Length4:08
Label Gotham
Songwriter(s) Merril Bainbridge
Producer(s) Siew
Merril Bainbridge singles chronology
"Under the Water"
(1995)
"Power of One"
(1995)
"Sleeping Dogs"
(1996)

"Under the Water"
(1995)
"Power of One"
(1995)
"Sleeping Dogs"
(1996)

"Power of One" is a pop ballad written by Merril Bainbridge and produced by Siew for Bainbridge's debut album The Garden (1995). It was released as the album's third single in October 1995 (see 1995 in music) in Australia as a CD single. The song is about how we underestimate the power of love.

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many diverse styles. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.

Ballad form of verse, often a narrative set to music

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "danced songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Ireland and Britain from the later medieval period until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America. Ballads are often 13 lines with an ABABBCBC form, consisting of couplets of rhymed verse, each of 14 syllables. Another common form is ABAB or ABCB repeated, in alternating 8 and 6 syllable lines.

Merril Bainbridge is an Australian pop music singer and songwriter. Her debut was in 1994 with the single, "Mouth", which peaked at number one for six consecutive weeks in Australia and became a top five hit in the United States.

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The song made its debut in the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number forty-three, making it Bainbridge's third song to reach the top fifty. It peaked at twenty-one, spending seven weeks in the top fifty.

ARIA Charts main Australian music sales charts

The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report which had been Australia's national charts since 1974.

Track listing

  1. "Power of One" (single mix) – 4:14
  2. "Power of One" (album mix) – 4:06
  3. "Reasons Why" (demo) – 2:58

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart [1] 21

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