The Promise You Made

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The Promise You Made
Cock robin
publication November 1985
length 3:52 (7 "version)
6:36 (extended version)
Genre (s) Pop , new wave
Author (s) Peter Kingsbery
Producer (s) Steve Hillage
album Cock robin
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The Promise You Made
  BE F 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 03/15/1986 (11 weeks)
  DE 6th 02/17/1986 (18 weeks)
  CH 7th 04/20/1986 (9 weeks)
  UK 28 05/24/1986 (13 weeks)

The Promise You Made (Engl. The promise that you gave ) is a song by Cock Robin from 1985, which is written by Peter Kingsbery and Steve Hillage was produced. It appeared on the Cock Robin album .

history

The song is about the marriage vows . Unlike the previous song, When Your Heart Is Weak , Kingsbery sang the song with Anna LaCazio . The original running time of the title is 3:52 minutes.

The Promise You Made was released in November 1985, with the recordings already taking place in 1984. The song became a number one hit in the Netherlands and Belgium .

Music video

Most of the action in the video was cut in fadeouts , in which the Cock Robin band members come one after the other into the studio, set up the instruments and perform the song there. Passers-by can be seen in front of the entrance to the studio, where a fruit stand is knocked over. At the end of the clip, Peter Kingsbery and Anna LaCazio leave the recording studio together.

Cover versions

  • 1997: Chris Roberts feat. Claudia Roberts ( I don't want us to lose each other )
  • 2004: Kate Ryan ( The Promise You Made / La Promesse )

Individual evidence

  1. Sources chart positions: Germany - Switzerland - UK - Belgium (Flanders)
  2. Cock Robin - The Promise You Made. Retrieved August 13, 2018 .
  3. maxdome - video on demand. Retrieved August 13, 2018 .