The Actor (Michael Learns to Rock song)

"The Actor"
Single by Michael Learns to Rock
from the album Michael Learns to Rock
Released August 1991
Format CD single
Genre Pop, soft rock
Length 4:34 (Album Edit)
Label Impact Records
Writer(s) Jascha Richter
Michael Learns to Rock singles chronology
"I Still Carry On"
(1991)
"The Actor"
(1991)
"Sleeping Child"
(1993)

"The Actor" is a single by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. The song is taken from their self-titled debut album Michael Learns to Rock which was released in 1991.[1] The band has played the song regularly in their Asian tours.[2][3]

Chart performance

"The Actor" had success on several European charts. The song peaked at number 1 in the Norwegian VG-lista charts, and made the Top 10 in the Swedish Sverigetopplistan chart, peaking at #7. The song also reached the Top 40 on the Swiss Music Charts, peaking at #32.[4]

Track listings

MLTR - Greatest Hits

No. Title Length
1. "The Actor"   4.09

Charts

Charts (1992) Peak
position
Norwegian Singles Chart[5] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[6] 7
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 32

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
"How Do You Do!" by Roxette
Norwegian Singles Chart number-one single
1992
Succeeded by
"Keep the Faith" by Bon Jovi

See also

References

  1. "The Actor". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  2. Prashanth, G.N. (September 26, 2005). "Their numbers still rock the music world". THe Hindu. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  3. Gunawardana, Anushika. "...and they rocked". The Sundaytimes. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  4. "The Actor song". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  5. VG-lista Charts positions
  6. Sverigetopplistan Charts positions
  7. Swiss Singles Chart Charts positions