"I Promised Myself" is a song written and originally performed by English singer
Nick Kamen
Ivor Neville "Nick" Kamen (15 April 1962 – 4 May 2021) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and model. He was best known for "Turn It Up" from 1989, the singles " Each Time You Break My Heart" from 1986 and " I Promised Myself" from 199 ...
. Originally released on his album ''Move Until We Fly'' (1990), it was released as a single in the same year and, as a remix in 2004. The original version achieved success in Europe, including Austria and Sweden where it topped the charts. It has been covered multiple times by artists such as
Dead or Alive
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* Dead or alive, a phrase on a wanted poster
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,
A-Teens
A-Teens (stylized as A★TEENS or A*Teens) were a Swedish pop music group from Stockholm, Sweden, formed by Niklas Berg in 1998 originally as an ABBA tribute band called ABBA-Teens and was later renamed A-Teens. The band members were Marie Se ...
and
Basshunter
Jonas Erik Altberg (; born 22 December 1984), known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ.
Basshunter has recorded five studio albums: ''The Bassmachine'' (2004), '' LOL'' (2006), '' Now You're Gon ...
.
Personnel
*
Nick Kamen
Ivor Neville "Nick" Kamen (15 April 1962 – 4 May 2021) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and model. He was best known for "Turn It Up" from 1989, the singles " Each Time You Break My Heart" from 1986 and " I Promised Myself" from 199 ...
: voices and electric guitar
*Paul Muggleton: synthesizers and sequencer
*Bob Noble: synthesizers
*Toby Andersen: drums and drum machine
*Jolie Jones: backing vocals
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A-Teens version
"I Promised Myself" was covered by Swedish pop group
A-Teens
A-Teens (stylized as A★TEENS or A*Teens) were a Swedish pop music group from Stockholm, Sweden, formed by Niklas Berg in 1998 originally as an ABBA tribute band called ABBA-Teens and was later renamed A-Teens. The band members were Marie Se ...
and released on 28 April 2004 as the group's final single. It was one of three new songs to be included on their 2004 compilation album, ''
Greatest Hits
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''. It was produced by Grizzly and Tysper.
Music video
The video was directed by Gustav Jonhson and was filmed in Sweden and shows the band's members images inserted in scenes from past videos, so that they appear to be interacting with the teenagers they were before.
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Basshunter version
Swedish musician
Basshunter
Jonas Erik Altberg (; born 22 December 1984), known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ.
Basshunter has recorded five studio albums: ''The Bassmachine'' (2004), '' LOL'' (2006), '' Now You're Gon ...
covered the song on his fifth studio album, ''
Bass Generation
''Bass Generation'' is the fourth studio album by Swedish musician Basshunter. It was first released on 28 September 2009, a week after the album's lead single " Every Morning". The album reached No. 2 in New Zealand and No. 7 in South Africa.
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''. The single was released on 30 November 2009. It was produced by Basshunter. "I Promised Myself" is two minutes and 38 seconds long and has a tempo of 150
beats per minute
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. Basshunter describing his cover of "I Promised Myself" said that it has similar setup to "
Now You're Gone" with improved
bass drum
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s and
bassline and it is more
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describing the song said that it has no sign of a verse, and it sounds like previous Basshunter songs. In his opinion song with this sentiment should not have a sniff of a dance backing but he also understood that Basshunter can't make songs without
bass
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. He appreciated that Basshunter really does try to sing, and he kind of pulls it off.
Music video
Music video for "I Promised Myself" was directed in
Málaga by
Alex Herron. Music video was released by
Hard2Beat Records on 15 October 2009. Anders Anderson was assistant director and Maz Makhani was camera operator. On 19 November, the Pete Hammond Remix was released.
In the music video, Basshunter goes through all the trouble of finding
Aylar Lie after receiving an unseen call from a friend telling him that they have found her and that he needs to get to the hospital. Whilst in the taxi to the hospital he looks out the window and then down at his phone in his hands that shows pictures of Aylar Lie and then recalls memories of them together, including those from "
Angel in the Night
"Angel in the Night" is a song by Swedish musician Basshunter from his published work ''Now You're Gone – The Album''. The single was released on 15 September 2008, and was written and produced by Basshunter, Robert Uhlmann, and Scott Simons. ...
" and "
I Miss You"; Even playing the Wii game ''
Wii Sports
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''. The taxi then gets stuck in traffic so Basshunter starts walking to the hospital. He then arrives at the hospital and asks where he can find Aylar and goes in search for her whilst remembering the last night he saw her in the "
Every Morning" music video. He finds the room, opens the door but then finds her with her ex-boyfriend, Lucas, from the music videos "
All I Ever Wanted" and "
Now You're Gone". This video has left yet another cliffhanger in the story of Basshunter and his quest of getting the girl he wants forever.
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Other versions
*In 1999, it was covered and released as a single by
Lars A. Fredriksen.
*In 2000, it was covered and released as a single by John Davies, reaching number 46 in Germany and number 49 in Switzerland. It was also released on the album ''
Fragile'', by
Dead or Alive
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* Dead or Alive (band), a British pop band
* Dead or alive, a phrase on a wanted poster
Dead or Alive may also refer to:
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.
*In 2007, it was covered and released as a single by
José Galisteo
José Antonio Galisteo García (born 24 February 1977 in Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish singer. He was a contestant in the fifth season of the Spanish reality television series ''Operación Triunfo'', where he placed finalist. H ...
.
*In 2009, it was covered and released as a single by
DJ Antoine
Antoine Konrad (born 23 June 1975), better known as DJ Antoine, is a Swiss house DJ and record producer from Basel. He has a number of successful single and album releases in Western Europe, in particular Switzerland, Germany and France.
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, reaching number 40 in Switzerland.
*In 2014, a German
Schlager version was released titled "Pommes mit Senf (I Promised Myself)" by Robert Haag and Markus Becker.
*In 2020, it was covered and released as a single by Alfredo Nini, Italian DJ and producer.
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1990 singles
1990 songs
2004 singles
2009 singles
A-Teens songs
Atlantic Records singles
Basshunter songs
Ministry of Sound singles
Nick Kamen songs
Number-one singles in Austria
Number-one singles in Sweden
Song recordings produced by Basshunter
Ultra Records singles
Universal Music Group singles
Warner Music Sweden singles