A Perfect Match (A*Teens)

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"A Perfect Match"

Single by A*Teens
from the album New Arrival
Released	2003
Format	CD Single Airplay
Recorded	2002
Genre	Pop, Europop, Dance
Length	3:01 (Album Version) 3:00 (Single Mix)
Label	Universal Music
Writer(s)	Mack Habolin Jansson
Producer(s)	Habolin (Album Version) Jansson (Album Version) Stefan Åberg (Single Mix) Håkan Fredriksson (Single Mix)
Chart positions
#1 (Mexico) #2 (Sweden) #77 (Germany)
A*Teens chronology
"Floorfiller" (2002)	"A Perfect Match" (2003)	"Bounce With Me" (2003)

A Perfect Match was A*Teens' second (first single in some territories) single from their third album (fourth album in some terriroties), "New Arrival". The track was written by Mack, Habolin and Jasson and became one of the band's biggest hits in Sweden and Latin-America.

The song reached #2 in Sweden and it became their fifth #1 in Mexico, it also reached #5 in Argentina despite the album New Arrival was never released there and also hit #10 in Chile and #70 on the Official Eurochart.

scene from A*Teens version of the video "A Perfect Match"

Because of the delays in Germany both the single and album flopped in the country, reaching a disappointing #77 on the Singles Chart. The music was used with new lyrics in J-Pop singer Nami Tamaki's 2004 single Heart & Soul.

1 Music Video
2 Releases
3 Charts
4 External links

[edit] Music Video

The video was filmed in Cuba, and was co-directed by the A*Teens themselves. It tells a story of a rich girl and a poor boy who fall in love with each other, but their families are against their relationship. It was a hit in both Sweden and Mexico and despite the album was never released in Argentina, the video reached #1 on MTV's "Los 10 + Pedidos". The video was out of the request charts 2003 as the 34th most played video of MTV Mexico, and the 45th on MTV South America.

[edit] Releases

Swedish CD Single

A Perfect Match [Single Mix] - 3:00
A Perfect Match [Extended Mix] - 4:15
Slam - 3:04

Swedish CD Maxi

A Perfect Match [Single Mix] - 3:00
A Perfect Match [Extended Mix] - 4:15
A Perfect Match [Tranceglobal Club Mix] - 5:33
Singled Out - 4:13

South African CD Maxi

A Perfect Match [Single Mix] - 3:00
A Perfect Match [Extended Mix] - 4:15
Slam - 3:04

European 2-Track CD Single

A Perfect Match [Single Mix] - 3:00
A Perfect Match [Extended Mix] - 4:15

European CD Maxi

A Perfect Match [Single Mix] - 3:00
A Perfect Match [Extended Mix] - 4:15
A Perfect Match [Tranceglobal Club Mix] - 5:33
Singled Out - 4:13

Japan CD Maxi

A Perfect Match [Single Mix] - 3:00
A Perfect Match [Extended Mix] - 4:15
A Perfect Match [Tranceglobal Club Mix] - 5:33
A Perfect Match [Album Version] - 3:01
Singled Out - 4:13
Slam - 3:04

[edit] Charts

Chart (1999/2000)	Peak position
Mexican Top 100	#1
Swedish Top 60 Singles	#2
Ukrainian Top 40	#4
Argentine Top 100	#5
Chilean Top 40	#10
Peru Top 20	#14
Chilean Top 40	#15
Colombian Top 100	#31
German Top 100 Singles	#77
Euro Top 100	#70