Out of the Blue (song)
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| Single by Delta Goodrem | ||
| from the album Mistaken Identity | ||
| B-side(s) | "Visualise" "Beautiful Madness" "How a Dream Looks" |
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| Released | October 8, 2004 (Australia) November 8, 2004(UK) |
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| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | London, 2004 | |
| Genre | Piano pop | |
| Length | 4:19 | |
| Label | Sony BMG | |
| Writer(s) | Delta Goodrem, Guy Chambers | |
| Producer(s) | Guy Chambers, Richard Flack, Steve Power | |
| Certification | Platinum (ARIA) | |
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| Delta Goodrem singles chronology | ||
| "Throw It Away" (2003) |
"Out of the Blue" (2004) |
"Mistaken Identity" (2005) |
"Out of the Blue" (2004) is the first song released by Delta Goodrem from her second album Mistaken Identity.
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[edit] About the record
The song was written by Delta Goodrem and Guy Chambers, produced by Guy Chambers, Richard Flack and Steve Power and recorded in London. The song was rumoured to be about her then boyfriend Mark Philippoussis, after their break-up in 2005 Delta said she found a new meaning for the song. Delta first performed the single live at the ARIA Awards October 17, 2004 and that night the song debut at number one on the ARIA Charts, making Delta's sixth number one in Australia.
[edit] Chart performance
In its first week in the chart the song debut and number one on the ARIA Charts and stayed there for three weeks. The song went Platinum in its first week. It spent a total of sixteen weeks in the top fifty ending the run at position fifty and spent twenty three weeks in the top one hundred. It was the twentieth highest selling single in Australia for 2004.
The song peaked all over the world. It peaked in the top twenty in Greece, Ireland and New Zealand. It peaked at number nine in the United Kingdom and spent a total of nine weeks in the top seventy five ending its run at number seventy five.
[edit] Music video
The video for her single was filmed on the coast of Malibu, California and was directed by Nigel Dick. The start of the video opens up to Delta sitting on a beach in a green dress. After a while Delta gets up and walks across the beach with the waves washing on her feet. When the chorus comes around the second time Delta has changed into a pink dress and walks up a hill into a forest and finds her piano and starts playing it. After she has finished playing it the piano catches on fire and Delta sings at the camera then runs away ending the video. Delta has stated that at the time of making the video, she was intrigued by the elements- earth, wind, fire and water. All elements can be seen in the video clip.
[edit] Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Out of the Blue".
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[edit] Charts
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] | 1 |
| Austria Singles Chart[1] | 46 |
| Germany Singles Chart[1] | 54 |
| Greece Singles Chart[2] | 14 |
| Ireland Singles Chart[1] | 15 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[1] | 14 |
| Switzerland Singles Chart[1] | 60 |
| UK Singles Chart[1] | 9 |
| Preceded by "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 |
ARIA (Australia) number-one single October 18, 2004 — November 8, 2004 |
Succeeded by "Just Lose It" by Eminem |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Chart Positions. Music Square. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
- ^ [1]. Top40-charts. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
Albums: Innocent Eyes · Mistaken Identity
Singles: "I Don't Care" · "Born to Try" · "Lost Without You" · "Innocent Eyes" · "Not Me, Not I" · "Predictable" · "Throw It Away" · "Out of the Blue" · "Mistaken Identity" · "Almost Here" · "A Little Too Late" · "Be Strong" · "Together We Are One" · "Flawed"
DVDs: Delta · The Visualise Tour: Live in Concert
Tours: The Visualise Tour
Related articles: Discography · Filmography · Awards · Non-album and unreleased songs
