Promises (The Cranberries song)

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"Promises"
Promises single cover .jpg
Single by the Cranberries
from the album Bury the Hatchet
B-side "The Sweetest Thing"
Released22 March 1999 (1999-03-22)
Length
  • 5:27 (album version)
  • 3:30 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s) Dolores O'Riordan
Producer(s)
The Cranberries singles chronology
"Hollywood"
(1997)
"Promises"
(1999)
"Animal Instinct"
(1999)
Alternate covers
Promises CD1UK.jpg
UK CD single 1

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Promises"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United States8–9 March 1999Radio Island [29] [30]
Europe22 March 1999 Maxi-CD [29]
Canada23 March 1999
[31]
Japan1 April 1999Island [32]
United Kingdom5 April 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
[33]

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