Absolutely Everybody

"Absolutely Everybody"
Single by Vanessa Amorosi
from the album The Power
Released 15 November 1999
(see release history)
Format CD single
Recorded 1999
Genre Dance-Pop, Disco
Label Transistor Music Australia
Writer(s) Holden/Ingram/Hicks[1]
Certification Platinum[2] (Australia)
Vanessa Amorosi singles chronology
"Have a Look"
(1999)		 "Absolutely Everybody"
(1999)		 "Shine"
(2000)

Absolutely Everybody is a song by Vanessa Amorosi, released as the second single from her debut album, The Power.

Contents

Song information

"Absolutely Everybody" was released in 1999. It debuted and peaked at #6 on the ARIA Single Charts, her fourth highest charting single to date.

The song "Absolutely Everybody" was also released internationally and reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom, and throughout Europe and South East Asia shortly after her Olympics performances, but subsequent releases met with little success. For her service to music she was later awarded the Australian Centenary Medal by the Government of Australia.

"Absolutely Everybody" was an anthemic dance track that reached the Top 10, and with its positive lyrics, became an unofficial theme song for various cultural events. It remained in the ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart for over six months after its release.[3]

The song had four different music videos. The first was released in Australia in 1999 and followed by the Australian Millennium version; the other two for the UK and Germany respectively in 2000.

Track listing

# "Absolutely Everybody" (Australia, Germany) Time
1. "Absolutely Everybody" (Radio version) 3:42
2. "Absolutely Everybody" (Latino version) 3:27
3. "Absolutely Everybody" (Extended version) 5:16
4. "Absolutely Everybody" (Latino extended) 5:22
# "Absolutely Everybody" (UK) Time
1. "Absolutely Everybody" (Radio version) 3:42
2. "Absolutely Everybody" (Latino version) 3:27
3. "Absolutely Everybody" (Almighty mix)[4] 6:38
4. "Absolutely Everybody" (Video - UK club version)

Other official mixes not on the Australian single include 'Almighty mix'[4] (although this was later released on one of their "Almighty Downunder" compilations), 'UK mix' (later included in the "Turn To Me" compilation album), and the 'Sydney 2000 mix' (which was the version used for the Olympic games closing ceremony).

Charts

Chart (1999/00/01) Peak
position[5]
Australian Singles Chart 6
Austrian Singles Chart 3
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 10
German Singles Chart 5
New Zealand Singles Chart 10
Sweden Singles Chart 42
Swiss Singles Chart 8
UK Singles Chart[6] 7

Sales

Country Certification Sales
Australia Platinum[2] 70,000+
Germany Gold[7] 150,000+[8]
United Kingdom — 113,000[9]

Release history

Region Date
Australia 15 November 1999[10]
United Kingdom 11 September 2000
Germany 22 September 2000

References

  1. ^ "Local Artist of the Week". Anthony John Hicks Biography. 92.7 FreshFM. http://www.freshfm.com.au/index.php?PID=667. 
  2. ^ a b "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Singles". Aria.com.au. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2000.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  3. ^ Steffen Hung. "Vanessa Amorosi - Absolutely Everybody". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=4443&cat=s. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  4. ^ a b "Almighty Remixography". Almighty Records.com. http://www.almightyrecords.com/remixes/18/. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  5. ^ Steffen Hung. "Vanessa Amorosi - Absolutely Everybody". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vanessa+Amorosi&titel=Absolutely+Everybody&cat=s. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  6. ^ "Vanessa Amorosi - Absolutely Everybody". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=28508. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  7. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (amorosi; 'Absolutely%20Everybody')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Absolutely%2520Everybody&strInterpret=amorosi&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. 
  8. ^ "ifpi.org - international award levels" (PDF). http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/international-award-levels.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  9. ^ Chartwatch Annual Chart Booklets->Year 2000 Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  10. ^ "Absolutely Everybody: Music: Vanessa Amorosi". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Absolutely-Everybody-Vanessa-Amorosi/dp/B00004KH49. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
Vanessa Amorosi
Studio albums
The Power (2000) · Change (2002) · Somewhere in the Real World (2008) · Hazardous (2009)
Compilation albums
Singles
"Have a Look" · "Absolutely Everybody" · "Shine" · "The Power"/"Every Time I Close My Eyes" · "Turn to Me" · "One Thing Leads 2 Another" · "Spin (Everybody's Doin' It)" · "True to Yourself" · "Kiss Your Mama!" · "Perfect" · "The Simple Things (Something Emotional)" · "The Letter" · "This Is Who I Am" · "Hazardous" · "Mr. Mysterious" · "Holiday" · "Gossip" · "Amazing"
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