Carolyna

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“Carolyna”
“Carolyna” cover
Single by Melanie C
from the album This Time
B-side "First Day of My Life" (UK)
"I Want Candy" (Germany)
Released 8 June 2007 (Europe)
18 June 2007 (UK)
8 April 2008 (Canada)
Format Maxi single, DVD, 7" vinyl, digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:05 [radio edit]
3:21 [album version]
Label Red Girl
Capitol Records
Writer(s) Melanie Chisholm
Steve Mac
Paul Gendler
Melanie C singles chronology
"I Want Candy"
(2007)		 "Carolyna"
(2007)		 "This Time"
(2007)

"Carolyna" is a song by Melanie C, and is the third single from her fourth studio LP, This Time. Written by Chisholm herself, Steve Mac and Paul Gendler — her long-time guitarist since 1997 and the very first Spice Girls shows — it is one of the album's up-tempo tracks. Produced by Steve Mac, "Carolyna" is a song about a girl who has had a rough start in life and needs to escape to find freedom and happiness.

The single peaked at number forty-nine in the UK Singles Chart. It received low promotion in the UK due the fact it was released the same week when the Spice Girls announced their reunion. It was more successful in Germany and in Italy where it was a Top 20 hit. Eventually Carolyna became a radio hit in some parts of Europe.

In February of 2008 song and it's video was put on the playlist of Much More Music and added to MTV's website in Canada. The song charted at #1 on it's first week in Much More Music singles Top 10. According to EMI Music Canada, "Carolyna" is the first single for the Canadian release of the album This Time in April 2008.

Contents

[edit] Track listings and formats

Europe CD maxi single
  1. "Carolyna" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Carolyna" (Boogieman Radio Edit)
  3. "I Want Candy"
  4. "Carolyna" (Boogieman Radio Mix)
  5. "Carolyna" (Boogieman Extended Mix)
UK CD maxi single
  1. "Carolyna" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Carolyna" (Boogieman Radio Edit)
  3. "Carolyna" (The Lawsy remix)
  4. "First Day of My Life"
UK 7-inch vinyl
  1. "Carolyna" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Fragile" (UK B-side)
UK DVD single
  1. "Carolyna" (Video)
  2. "First Day of My Life" (Video)
  3. "Fragile" (photo gallery from "Carolyna" video shoot)

[edit] Charts

Melanie C in the music video for "Carolyna".
Melanie C in the music video for "Carolyna".
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Italy Singles Top 50[1] 16
Chile Singles Top 100[2] 25
Germany Singles Chart[3] 28
Swiss Singles Top 100 [4] 31
Croatia Singles Hot 50 [5] 32
Austria Singles Top 75[6] 42
UK Singles Chart 49
European Singles Top 100 93
Ireland Singles Top 75 97
Swiss Airplay Chart [7] 1
Germany Airplay Chart[8] 3
Austria Airplay Chart [9] 10
Belgium BRF Airplay Chart [10] 10
European Radio Airplay 13
Belarussian Unistar Chart 23
Latvia European Hit Radio Top 40 24
Lithuania Airplay Chart 38
World Airplay Top 40 [11] 22
EU Download Top 100[12] 53
Venezuelan Airplay Top 40 39
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Canada Much More Music Singles Top 10 (2008) 1
Canada Hot AC [2] 50

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Italy Singles Top 50
  2. ^ Chile Singles Top 100
  3. ^ Germany Singles Chart
  4. ^ Switzerland Singles Chart
  5. ^ e!hot50
  6. ^ Austria Singles Top 75
  7. ^ Switzerland Airplay Chart
  8. ^ Germany Radio Airplay Chart
  9. ^ Austria Airplay Chart
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ World Airplay Chart
  12. ^ EU Download Top 100

[edit] External links

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