Release Me (Oh Laura song)

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"Release Me"
Release-me-oh-laura.jpg
Single by Oh Laura
from the album A Song Inside My Head, A Demon In My Bed
Released2007
Recorded2007
Genre country, Indie pop
Label BAM
Oh Laura singles chronology
"Release Me"
(2007)
"It Ain't Enough"
(2007)

"Release Me" is a song made by the Swedish indie pop group Oh Laura, released as a single in 2007. The single is first off in Oh Laura's debut album, A Song Inside My Head, a Demon in My Bed. [1]

Contents

Oh Laura won the Sopot International Song Festival in 2008 with the song. [2]

Remixes

The Swedish band The Attic also recorded a remix of "Release Me" featuring Oh Laura. [3] It appears in the EP Release Me, The Attic Remix that contains for remix tracks:

  1. "Release Me" (The Attic Remix) (3:35)
  2. "Release Me" (Remix) (3:43)
  3. "Release Me" (The Attic Extended Remix) (8:01)
  4. "Release Me" (Extended Remix) (7:14)

Charts

Oh Laura version

Chart (2007–2008)Peak
position
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA) [6]
49
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 5
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart) [8]
47

Martin Halla version

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Norway (VG-lista) [9] 7

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