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. The debut single from the album produced by American producer and sound engineer Stephen Gause was "Gone" that was released in June 2012. The second single from the album was " With You". The track became hugely popular in the

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after it was picked as one of the theme songs on the Dutch soap television series ''

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''. The song was played during an episode broadcast in 2012 where the character Bing Mauricius is in a coma. The song became hugely popular with the Dutch public resulting in Simons' first charting hit reaching No. 10 on the Dutch

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chart. The album ''Pieces'' picked up steam appearing on the Dutch Albums Top 100 chart. ''Pieces'' follows Simons' independent EP released in 2010 titled ''Living Proof''.

Track listing

#"Emotionally Involved" (3:11) #"Gone" (3:42) #"Let Me Go On" (3:19) #" With You" (3:38) #"Pieces" (3:28) #"Miss You More" (4:36) #"Best Years" (3:20) #"

" (3:55) #"Fall in Line" (Live in studio) (3:23) #"Pieces" (Acoustic) (3:47)

Charts

References

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