Children (1996) (ORIGINAL U.S. RELEASE) Robert Miles
Album Description:
CHILDREN is a single by electronica composer Robert Miles from his album DREAMLAND. CHILDREN is Miles' most successful single, being certified Gold and Platinum in several countries and it reaching #1 in more than 12 countries around the world.
Miles has stated two motives for the writing of CHILDREN. One was as a response to photographs of child war victims his father had brought home from a humanitarian mission in the former Yugoslavia; the other, inspired by his career as a DJ, was to create a track to end DJ sets, intended to calm rave attendants prior to their driving home as a means to reduce car accident deaths.
CHILDREN was a success worldwide peaking at and holding that position for several weeks. CHILDREN reached #1 in the following countries: Austria (6 weeks), Belgium, Denmark, Finland (3 weeks), France (11 weeks), Italy, Norway (5 weeks), Germany, Spain, Sweden (7 weeks) and Switzerland (13 weeks); beyond that, according to Billboard magazine, it reached the top five in "every European country that has a singles chart". It spent 13 weeks at #1 on the Eurochart Hot 100, reached #2 on the U.K. staying 17 weeks on the chart, and it reached #21 in the U.S., holding that position for 4 weeks. Along with U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr.'s reworking of the Mission: Impossible theme, it marked the first time since November 1985 that two instrumentals had simultaneously charted in the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100.
French nightclubs began playing the imported record from Italy in 1995, making France one of the first countries to popularize the track. Spreading through the underground from clubs to, eventually, the radio, it was licensed there by an independent record label in November 1995. Spain and Italy itself were the other early adopters that brought the track into clubs. Club charts in these countries signalled CHILDREN's popularity to other countries: In Denmark, club and radio play followed the single's release, while in Belgium radio play only followed by crossing over from club play, and in the Netherlands radio play was the primary factor in the single's promotion. In Germany, a domestic release came after demand built up from club play through promotional releases from the U.K. and Italy.
In the United Kingdom, BBC Radio 1 did not play the song on its daytime playlist at first, though Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong did promote it through his Essential Selection program, including it as part of the show-opening "Essential Seven" several times at the start of 1996. Meanwhile, Kiss FM was among the first to play the song, even using it in one of the station's minute-long television commercials. Still, CHILDREN reached the number three position on the U.K. Singles Chart prior to promotion and marketing.
Written by Roberto Concina. Recorded and mixed at Sound Master Studio, Italy. Produced, arranged and mixed by Roberto Concina DJ.
Track Listing:
1. Children (Radio Edit) - 4:00 2. Children (Full Length) - 7.30
Children (1996) (ORIGINAL U.S. RELEASE)
ReplyDeleteRobert Miles
Album Description:
CHILDREN is a single by electronica composer Robert Miles from his album DREAMLAND. CHILDREN is Miles' most successful single, being certified Gold and Platinum in several countries and it reaching #1 in more than 12 countries around the world.
Miles has stated two motives for the writing of CHILDREN. One was as a response to photographs of child war victims his father had brought home from a humanitarian mission in the former Yugoslavia; the other, inspired by his career as a DJ, was to create a track to end DJ sets, intended to calm rave attendants prior to their driving home as a means to reduce car accident deaths.
CHILDREN was a success worldwide peaking at and holding that position for several weeks. CHILDREN reached #1 in the following countries: Austria (6 weeks), Belgium, Denmark, Finland (3 weeks), France (11 weeks), Italy, Norway (5 weeks), Germany, Spain, Sweden (7 weeks) and Switzerland (13 weeks); beyond that, according to Billboard magazine, it reached the top five in "every European country that has a singles chart". It spent 13 weeks at #1 on the Eurochart Hot 100, reached #2 on the U.K. staying 17 weeks on the chart, and it reached #21 in the U.S., holding that position for 4 weeks. Along with U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr.'s reworking of the Mission: Impossible theme, it marked the first time since November 1985 that two instrumentals had simultaneously charted in the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100.
French nightclubs began playing the imported record from Italy in 1995, making France one of the first countries to popularize the track. Spreading through the underground from clubs to, eventually, the radio, it was licensed there by an independent record label in November 1995. Spain and Italy itself were the other early adopters that brought the track into clubs. Club charts in these countries signalled CHILDREN's popularity to other countries: In Denmark, club and radio play followed the single's release, while in Belgium radio play only followed by crossing over from club play, and in the Netherlands radio play was the primary factor in the single's promotion. In Germany, a domestic release came after demand built up from club play through promotional releases from the U.K. and Italy.
In the United Kingdom, BBC Radio 1 did not play the song on its daytime playlist at first, though Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong did promote it through his Essential Selection program, including it as part of the show-opening "Essential Seven" several times at the start of 1996. Meanwhile, Kiss FM was among the first to play the song, even using it in one of the station's minute-long television commercials. Still, CHILDREN reached the number three position on the U.K. Singles Chart prior to promotion and marketing.
Written by Roberto Concina.
Recorded and mixed at Sound Master Studio, Italy.
Produced, arranged and mixed by Roberto Concina DJ.
Track Listing:
1. Children (Radio Edit) - 4:00
2. Children (Full Length) - 7.30