End of the Line (Honeyz song)

"End of the Line"
Single by Honeyz
from the album Wonder No. 8
Released 11 May 1998
Format CD single
Recorded 1998
Genre R&B
Length 4:58 (album version)
4:10 (radio edit)
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Paul Begaud
Producer(s) Steve Levine
Honeyz singles chronology
"Finally Found"
(1998)		 "End of the Line"
(1998)		 "Love of a Lifetime"
(1999)
Cover of the UK CD2

"End of the Line" is a song by British girl group Honeyz. It was released as the group's second single. It was released on 11 May 1998 and reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart in December 1998. It also got to number one on the UK R&B Chart, and was their longest charting single, spending 14 weeks in the Top 75. The single has sold 360,000 copies in the UK alone.

Composed by Australian songwriter Paul Begaud, the song was also recorded by Malaysian group JELITA and in Malay was translated to "Cinta di Akhir Garisan" (Love at the End of the Line)[1] sung by Malaysian Ziana Zain, Ning Baizura and Nora; and Indonesian Dessy Fitri.

On March 27, 2015 OfficialCharts.com inducted "End Of The Line" into their Pop Gem Hall Of Fame which celebrates "overlooked classics and huge hits of yesteryear". The song was chosen as the Ultimate Goodbye Song. Other songs that made the top 10 list included Beyonce's "Irreplaceable", N-Sync's "Bye, Bye, Bye" and Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby".

Track listing

# Title Length
Dutch two track
1. "End of the Line" (Rude Boy Mix) 4:58
2. "Keep Me Hanging On" 3:32
Dutch maxi single
includes two-sided poster
1. "End of the Line" (Rude Boy Mix) 4:58
2. "Keep Me Hanging On" 3:32
3. "Don't Run Away" (non-album track) 4:46
4. "End of the Line" (Ignorants Club Mix) 5:52
Australia CD 1
includes bonus poster and a foldout cardboard sleeve
1. "End of the Line" (Rude Boy Mix) 4:58
2. "Keep Me Hanging On" 3:32
3. "Don't Run Away" (non-album track) 4:46
4. "End of the Line (Ignorants Club Mix)" 5:52
Australia CD 2
1. "End of the Line" (Rude Boy Mix) 4:58
2. "End of the Line" (Ignorants Club Mix) 5:52
3. "End of the Line" (Rude Boy Mix Edit) 3:59
4. "End of the Line" (Cas Roc Mix)  
5. "End of the Line" (Cas Roc Instrumental)  
6. "End of the Line" video  
UK CD 1
1. "End of the Line" (Rude Boy Mix) 4:58
2. "Keep Me Hanging On" 3:32
3. "Don't Run Away" (non-album track) 4:46
UK CD 2 - limited edition
includes "End of the Line" video and four calendar postcards
1. "End of the Line" (Rude Boy Mix) 4:58
2. "End of the Line" (Ignorants Club Mix) 5:52
3. "End of the Line" (Rude Boy Mix Edit) 3:59
4. "End of the Line" video  
Promo
Hexagon cardboard sleeve
1. "End of the Line" (Rude Boy Mix) 4:58

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1998-99) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 24
Ireland (IRMA)[2] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 35
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 5

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Silver 360,000[6]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Honeyz – End of the Line". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  2. ↑ IrishCharts.ie "The Irish Charts" Check |url= value (help). IRMA. Retrieved 2 November 2006.
  3. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Honeyz – End of the Line". Singles Top 100.
  4. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1998-12-19" UK Singles Chart.
  5. ↑ "Certified Awards". bpi.co.uk.
  6. ↑ Myers, Justin (27 March 2015). "Your ultimate goodbye song: Honeyz". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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