"Release Me" | ||||
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Single by Wilson Phillips | ||||
from the album Wilson Phillips | ||||
B-side | "Eyes Like Twins" | |||
Released | June 1990 | |||
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Label | SBK | |||
Songwriter(s) | Wilson Phillips | |||
Producer(s) | Glen Ballard | |||
Wilson Phillips singles chronology | ||||
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"Release Me" is a song written and performed by American pop group Wilson Phillips, released as the second single from their debut album, Wilson Phillips (1990). The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in September 1990 and spent two weeks at number one. It also topped the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart for one week and reached number one in Canada the same month.
US cassette single and UK 7-inch single [2] [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Release Me" | Wilson Phillips | 3:48 |
2. | "Eyes Like Twins" | Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj, Rupert Hine | 5:00 |
UK 12-inch single [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Release Me" | Wilson Phillips | 4:56 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Release Me" (single edit) | Wilson Phillips | 3:48 |
2. | "Eyes Like Twins" | Obstoj, Hine | 5:00 |
UK CD single [5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Release Me" (single edit) | Wilson Phillips | |
2. | "Release Me" (album version) | Wilson Phillips | |
3. | "Eyes Like Twins" | Obstoj, Hine | |
4. | "Hold On" | Chynna Phillips, Glen Ballard |
European maxi-CD single [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Release Me" | Wilson Phillips | 4:53 |
2. | "Release Me" (single edit) | Wilson Phillips | 3:47 |
3. | "Eyes Like Twins" | Obstoj, Hine | 5:00 |
4. | "The Dream Is Still Alive" | Ballard, Wilson Phillips | 4:07 |
Weekly charts
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Decade-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [29] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | June 1990 | Cassette | SBK | |
United Kingdom | August 6, 1990 |
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Japan | September 12, 1990 | Mini-CD single | [31] |
In Ballard's hands, "Release Me" works as effective soft-focus early-'90s easy-listening pop.
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