"Promises" | ||||
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Single by Nero | ||||
from the album Welcome Reality | ||||
Released | 5 August 2011 | |||
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Length | 4:17 | |||
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Producer(s) | Nero | |||
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"Promises" is a song by British EDM trio Nero that appears on their debut studio album, Welcome Reality (track No. 4) on 5 August 2011. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's first chart-topping single. [1] It sold 46,700 copies in its first week, the lowest first-week sales for a number one in 97 weeks. [2] In 2013, the Skrillex and Nero remix of the song, won the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. "Promises" was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Contemporary Song. The song was featured on a Hewlett-Packard TV commercial in the United Kingdom, France, United States and Latin America, giving it a broader audience and more recognition. It was also featured in trailers from the video game Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed . It also featured in the 2013 video game Saints Row IV .
A music video to accompany the release of "Promises", directed by Ben Newman, was uploaded to YouTube on 7 July 2011 at a total length of four minutes and sixteen seconds. [3] It shows a woman in a dystopian regimented future society with mandatory drug consumption, similar in style to the film Equilibrium . By April 2022, it had surpassed 43 million YouTube views.
Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review, stating:
"Promises, and they still feel oh so wasted on myself," she admits with her high-wired vocals over a thick, head-banging melody, fuzzy synths and pulsating basslines wobblier than our man's dodgy left knee. The result is the sharpest, most head-spinning of their releases to date – and given that we're in the year of dubstep-goes-pop, should leave fans fully equipped to handle the g-force levels of their first long player.
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In 2022, American magazine Rolling Stone ranked "Promises" number 42 in their list of 200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time. [5]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Promises" | 4:17 |
2. | "Promises" (Skrillex and Nero remix) | 4:28 |
3. | "Promises" (Calvin Harris remix) | 5:59 |
4. | "New Life" | 4:33 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [20] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [21] | Platinum | 80,000* |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [22] | Platinum | 15,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [24] | Gold | 500,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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Ireland [25] | 5 August 2011 | Digital download | |
Spain [26] | |||
United Kingdom [27] |