Three Days in a Row

"Three Days in a Row"
Single by Anouk
from the album For Bitter or Worse
Released August 28, 2009
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2009
Genre Poprock, blues
Length 4:13
Label EMI
Writer(s) Anouk Teeuwe, Martin Gjerstad, Tore Johansson
Anouk singles chronology
"Today"
(2009)		 "Three Days in a Row"
(2009)		 "Woman"
(2009)

"Three Days in a Row" is the first official single of Anouk's sixth album "For Bitter or Worse". It was released in August 2009.[1] The song was written by Anouk, Martin Gjerstad and Tore Johansson.[2] The song reached the peak postition in both the Dutch Top 40 (where it stayed for four weeks) and the Mega Single Top 100 (where it stayed for one week).[3][4] It also reached the number-one position in the 3FM Megatop 50 and stayed there for five weeks.[5] In Flanders, the song reached the 19th position in the Ultratop 50.[6]

Contents

Background

"Three Days in a Row" opens directly to the chorus of the song, in which Anouk sings she has loved someone for three days, after which she has never seen him again ("Three days in a row / You were mine alone / And I haven't seen you since that day"). Apparently, this person was not aware of Anouk's love for him ("I've been loving you / Without you even knowing"). Anouk also sings she is sure their love will be continued ("I know it's a matter of time / Before it all falls back into place").[2]

The number is considered differently than Anouk's previous work, more tending to blues music.[7] One week after its release, the song was heard 22 million times on the Dutch radio: it reached the first position in the Dutch Airplay-chart. It is quite unusual that a Dutch act manages to reach the first place.[8]

Music video

The music video for "Three Days in a Row" was directed by Kenneth Hope. In the clip Anouk is seen standing in front of a white background which is showing images of Anouk. On August 17, 2009, the video premiered on Dutch televisionchannel TMF. The video is a "remake" of the clip of another Anouk song ("Michel"). [9]

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[3] 1
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[4] 1
Netherlands (3FM Megatop 50)[5] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 19

See also

References

  1. ^ "The song on iTunes" (in Dutch). itunes.apple.com. http://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/three-days-in-a-row-single/id325972735. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Lyrics and writer credits" (in English). www.songlyrics.com. http://www.songlyrics.com/anouk/three-days-in-a-row-lyrics/. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Three Days in a Row in the Dutch Top 40" (in Dutch). www.top40.nl. http://www.top40.nl/search.aspx?keyword=Three%20Days%20in%20a%20row&jaar=2011&maand=10&week=41. Retrieved 18 October 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Three Days in a Row in the Mega Single Top 100" (in Dutch). www.dutchcharts.nl. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Anouk&titel=Three+Days+In+A+Row&cat=s. Retrieved 18 October 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "Three Days in a Row in the 3FM Megatop 50" (in Dutch). megatop50.3fm.nl. http://megatop50.3fm.nl/zoeken/titel:three%20days%20in%20a%20row#/list/58150. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Three Days in a Row in the Ultratop 50" (in Dutch). www.ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Anouk&titel=Three+Days+In+A+Row&cat=s. Retrieved 18 October 2011. 
  7. ^ "Different considering" (in Dutch). nlpop.blog.nl. http://nlpop.blog.nl/alternatief/2009/08/06/nieuwe-single-anouk-op-youtube-3-days-in-a-row#more-4201. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  8. ^ "Airplay-chart" (in Dutch). nlpop.blog.nl. http://nlpop.blog.nl/alternatief/2009/08/15/nieuwe-single-anouk-al-22-miljoen-keer-gehoord-three-3-days-in-a-ro#more-4241. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  9. ^ "Music video" (in Dutch). videoclips.blog.nl. http://videoclips.blog.nl/pop/2009/08/17/nieuwe-video-anouk-three-days-in-a-row#more-2442. Retrieved 21 October 2011.