Around the World (East 17 song)

"Around the World"
Single by East 17
from the album Steam
Released 7 May 1994
Format CD single, Vinyl single
Genre Pop, hip hop, R&B
Length 4:37
Label London Records
Songwriter(s) Brian Harvey, Tony Mortimer, Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard
East 17 singles chronology
"It's Alright"
(1993)		 "Around the World"
(1994)		 "Steam"
(1994)

"It's Alright"
(1993)		 "Around the World"
(1994)		 "Steam"
(1994)

"Around the World" is a pop/R&B song by boy band East 17.

Song information

Written by Brian Harvey, Tony Mortimer, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard it was released on 5 May 1994 as the lead single from the band's second album Steam (1994). It was a chart success, becoming their fourth top ten hit in Britain, charting at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Music video

The music video shows the band performing the track underground and also in a forest.

Chart performance

Chart (1994)[2] Peak
Position
Australia (ARIA) 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75) 29
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 37
Denmark (Tracklisten)[4] 7
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] 7
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 7
Germany (Media Control AG) 15
Iceland (Tonlist)[7] 12
Ireland (IRMA) 4
Israel (Media Forest)[8] 1
Italy (FIMI)[9] 23
Japan (Oricon)[10] 6
Latvia (EHR)[11] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 22
Scotland (Official Chart Company)[13] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 23
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 16
UK (Official Chart Company) 3
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[14] 7

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)" by Frances Ruffelle		 Israel Singles Chart
17 May 1994 - 7 June 1994 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"I'll Stand by You" by The Pretenders

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[15] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Silver 200,000^

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

References

  1. ↑ "ChartArchive - The Chart Archive". chartstats.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Steffen Hung. "East 17 - Around The World - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=East+17&titel=Around+The+World&cat=s%5B%5D (Retrieved 17 September 2012)
  4. ↑ "P3 - Tjeklisten". dr.dk. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. ↑ http://books.google.ca/books?lr=&rview=1&id=UQgEAAAAMBAJ&q=east+17#v=snippet&q=east%2017&f=false
  6. ↑ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  7. ↑ "Tonlist Top 40". DV. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  8. ↑ "East 17". Swisscharts.com.
  9. ↑ "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Benvenuto!". fimi.it. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Oricon Singles Chart Oricon Singles Chart (Retrieved 2 November 2012)
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  12. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – East 17 – Around the World". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  13. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19940424/41/
  14. ↑
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  15. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  16. ↑ "British single certifications – East 17 – Around the World". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Around the World in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
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