Under the Water

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“Under the Water”
“Under the Water” cover
Single by Merril Bainbridge
from the album The Garden
Released July 24, 1995 (1995-07-24) (Australia)
Format CD
Recorded 001 Studios, Carlton, Victoria, 1995
Genre Pop
Length 4:13
Label Gotham, Universal
Writer(s) Merril Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell, Stan Paulzen
Producer Siew
Certification Platinum (ARIA)
Merril Bainbridge singles chronology
"Mouth"
(1994)		 "Under the Water"
(1995)		 "Power of One"
(1995)

"Under the Water" is a pop song written by Merril Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell and Stan Paulzen, produced by Siew for Bainbridge's debut album The Garden (1995). It was released as the album's second single in June 1995 (see 1995 in music) in Australia and February 18, 1997 (see 1997 in music) around the world. The song is about a lover who drowned.[1]

Contents

[edit] Music video

Bainbridge in the video produced for the US market.
Bainbridge in the video produced for the US market.

There were two music videos produced to promote the song, the first one for Australia and a second version for the United States. The original Australian version was a simple black and white video with Bainbridge walking around a forest and performing the song with a band. However, when Bainbridge broke in the U.S. with her previous single "Mouth", a sleeker video, directed by Martin Kahan,[2] was produced for the American market. It was released in December 1996 and showed a man and a girl in a room filled with water with the man drowning at the end of the video.

[edit] Chart performance

The song became Bainbridge's second top ten hit in her home country. It made it's debut in Australia at number forty-six and peaked at number four five weeks later. It spend a total of sixteen weeks in the top fifty and ended 1995 as the twenty-fourth highest selling single for the year gaining platinum accreditation by ARIA and selling around 80,000 copies[3]. The song was nominated for an ARIA Award as the "Highest Selling Single" for 1996, but lost to "Tomorrow" by Silverchair[4].

The song was released in the United States on February 18, 1997 but failed to match the Top ten success of "Mouth", peaking at ninety-one and spending only six weeks in the Billboard Hot 100. It was Bainbridge's last song to date to chart in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Track listing

Australian CD single
  1. "Under the Water" — 4:16
  2. "Garden in My Room" (demo) — 3:01
  3. "Mouth" (demo) — 3:29
U.S. CD single
  1. "Under the Water"
  2. "Mouth" (alternate take)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[5] 4
Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 91

[edit] Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Australia 1995-07-24 Gotham Records CD GOTH95052
United States 1997-02-18 Universal Records CD, CS 56112

[edit] References

  1. ^ song meaning. their.aust.com. Retrieved on December 22, 2006.
  2. ^ Music video director. mvdbase. Retrieved on December 22, 2006.
  3. ^ The Making of Merril. interview. Retrieved on June 23, 2007.
  4. ^ ARIA Award. ARIA Award. Retrieved on December 22, 2006.
  5. ^ Australian chart position. Australian-charts. Retrieved on December 22, 2006.
  6. ^ "Merril Bainbridge - Artist Chart History". All Music Guide. Retrieved December 22, 2006.
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Merril Bainbridge
Studio albums
Singles
"Mouth" • "Under the Water" • "Power of One" • "Sleeping Dogs" • "Lonely" • "I Got You Babe" • "Between the Days" • "Walk on Fire" • "Girl Next Door"