Just My Imagination (The Cranberries song)

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"Just My Imagination"
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Single by the Cranberries
from the album Bury the Hatchet
B-side "God Be with You"
Released2 August 1999 (1999-08-02)
Length3:42
Label Island
Songwriter(s) Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan
Producer(s) Benedict Fenner, the Cranberries
The Cranberries singles chronology
"Animal Instinct"
(1999)		"Just My Imagination"
(1999)		"You and Me"
(2000)

"Just My Imagination" is a song by Irish band the Cranberries. It was released as the third single from the band's fourth album, Bury the Hatchet , in August 1999. A music video, directed by Phil Harder, was released to promote the single. In 2017, the song was released as a stripped-down acoustic version on the band's Something Else album. [1]

Contents

Track listings

2-track CD single

  1. "Just My Imagination" – 3:41
  2. "God Be with You" – 3:32

"God Be with You" was written by Dolores O'Riordan and produced by O'Riordan and Bruce Fairbairn in 1997. Other members of the band do not appear on that track. The song was originally released for "The Devil's Own" movie soundtrack.

UK CD single 1 [2]

  1. "Just My Imagination" – 3:41
  2. "God Be with You" – 3:32
  3. "Zombie" (Live Hamburg '99) – 6:13

This CD1 release was cancelled just before release.

UK CD single 2 [3]

  1. "Just My Imagination" – 3:41
  2. "Such a Shame" – 4:22
  3. "Promises" (Live Hamburg '99) – 5:32

This CD2 release was also cancelled just before release. Some copies made it onto the market and are considered quite rare since this release contains the live version of "Promises" from Hamburg '99 which wasn't released on the EU- 4-track single.

European maxi single

  1. "Just My Imagination" – 3:41
  2. "God Be with You" – 3:32
  3. "Such a Shame" – 4:22
  4. "Zombie" (live Hamburg '99) – 6:13

Special limited-edition Italian tour CD single [4]

  1. "Just My Imagination" – 3:41
  2. "Dreams" (live at Radio 105 Network, Palalido, Milano, Italia) – 4:35
  3. "Ode to My Family" (live at Radio 105 Network, Palalido, Milano, Italia) – 4:34
  4. "Animal Instinct" (live at Radio 105 Network, Palalido, Milano, Italia) – 3:42

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Just My Imagination"
Chart (1999–2000)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [5] 10
Croatia (HRT) [6] 9
France (SNEP) [7] 71
Germany (Official German Charts) [8] 77
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [9] 2
Italy (FIMI) [10] 13
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Italy (FIMI) [11] 95

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Just My Imagination"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States2 August 1999 Island [12]
Japan27 October 1999CD [13]

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