| "Promise Me" | ||||
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| Single by Beverley Craven | ||||
| from the album Beverley Craven | ||||
| B-side | "I Listen to the Rain" | |||
| Released | 4 July 1990 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Beverley Craven | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul Samwell-Smith | |||
| Beverley Craven singles chronology | ||||
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"Promise Me" is a song by British singer-songwriter Beverley Craven.
Released as the lead single of her debut album, Beverley Craven , in 1990, the song initially failed to chart. Appearances on British TV and a successful UK tour prompted a re-release of the single in 1991, when it peaked at number three on the UK singles chart that May. It was successful across Europe, peaking at number two in Belgium and entering the top 10 in France, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The song became popular with loved ones of military personnel deployed to Iraq during the Gulf War. [1]
David Giles of Music Week stated that "on the evidence of this single, [Craven] is aimed at a Kate Bush level of epic grandeur, and, although the arrangement is classic enough, she lacks Bush's melodic inventiveness". [2] Writing for AllMusic, Charles Donovan said that it was "now widely acclaimed as a contemporary standard". [3]
All songs were written by Beverley Craven.
7-inch and mini-CD single
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| France (SNEP) [17] | Silver | 125,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
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In June 2012, Technoboy and Tuneboy sampled the song on their hardstyle single "Promise Me". [22] Three months later, German techno band Scooter sampled "Promise Me" on their single "4 AM", in a nod to a 1993 breakbeat hardcore track by Orca, which also sampled verses from "Promise Me". [23]
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