Real to Me (Brian McFadden song)

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“Real to Me”
“Real to Me” cover
Single by Brian McFadden
from the album Irish Son
B-side "Oblivious", "Uncomplicated"
Released September 6, 2004 (2004-09-06)
(see release history)
Format CD, digital download
Recorded 2004
Genre Pop
Length 3:41
Label Epic
Writer(s) Guy Chambers, Brian McFadden
Producer Guy Chambers, Richard Flack
Brian McFadden singles chronology
"Real to Me"
(2004)		 "Irish Son"
(2004)

"Real to Me" is a pop song written by Guy Chambers and Brian McFadden, produced by Chambers and Richard Flack for McFadden's first solo album Irish Son (2004). It was released as the album's first single around the world at the end of 2004 as a CD single and digital download. The song became McFadden's first number-one single hitting the top spot in Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom.

The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart on September 18, 2004 at number-one with sales of 35,435 copies, knocking Nelly's single "My Place"/"Flap Your Wings" off the top spot.[1] It was later released in Australia in early 2005 and debuted and peaked at number fifty-four on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart on February 21, 2005[2], spending a total of six weeks in the top one hundred.[3]

Neil Burgess (Barry Scott) from the Cillit Bang adverts appeared in the video

Contents

[edit] Track listing

CD single 1
  1. "Real to Me" (clean edit)
  2. "Uncomplicated"


CD single 2/Australian CD single
  1. "Real to Me"
  2. "Oblivious"
  3. "Walking Disaster"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004)[4] Peak
position
Austria Singles Chart 26
Denmark Singles Chart 1
Finland Singles Chart 4
Germany Singles Chart 33
Ireland Singles Chart 1
Italy Singles Chart 44
New Zealand Singles Chart 16
Chart (2004)[4] Peak
position
Norway Singles Chart 1
Sweden Singles Chart 2
Switzerland Singles Chart 28
UK Singles Chart 1
Chart (2005)[2] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 54

[edit] Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom September 6, 2004 CD
Australia February 14, 2005 Epic Records CD 6753038

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ALL THE No.1 SINGLES - Brian McFadden - Real To Me". The Official Charts. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "ARIA Repot Issue 782 - February 21, 2005". ARIA Charts. Retrieved March 25, 2004.
  3. ^ "ARIA Repot Issue 788 - April 4, 2005". ARIA Charts. Retrieved March 25, 2004.
  4. ^ a b "Brian McFadden - Real to Me @ acharts.us". Music Square. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
Preceded by
"My Place"/"Flap Your Wings" by Nelly featuring Jaheim		 UK Singles Chart Number 1 single
12 September 2004 - 18 September 2004		 Succeeded by
"Call on Me" by Eric Prydz
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