"Release Me" is a song made by the Swedish indie pop group

Oh Laura Oh Laura, formerly known as Laura, is a Swedish Indie-pop band from Stockholm consisting of Frida Öhrn on vocals, Jocke Olovsson and Jörgen Kjellgren on guitars, Rikard Lidhamn on bass and Magnus Olsson on drums. The band's debut record, ''A ...

, released as a

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in 2007. The single is first off in Oh Laura's debut album, ''A Song Inside My Head, a Demon in My Bed''. ''Oh Laura'' won the

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in 2008 with the song.

Remixes

The Swedish band The Attic also recorded a remix of "Release Me" featuring Oh Laura. It appears in the EP ''Release Me, The Attic Remix'' that contains for remix tracks: #"Release Me" (The Attic Remix) (3:35) #"Release Me" (Remix) (3:43) #"Release Me" (The Attic Extended Remix) (8:01) #"Release Me" (Extended Remix) (7:14)

In popular culture

*The song appeared in a

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commercial for the

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model, which was aired in

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and the

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and later also in

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and

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. * Martin Halla sang the song in the semi-finals of ''

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'' the inaugural season of the Norwegian '' The Voice''. His version of "Release Me" peaked at number 7 on

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, the Norwegian Singles Chart.

Charts

Oh Laura version Martin Halla version

References

{{reflist 2007 singles 2012 singles Oh Laura songs 2007 songs