Promises, Promises (Incubus song)
"Promises, Promises" | ||||
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Single by Incubus | ||||
from the album If Not Now, When? | ||||
B-side | "Rebel Girls" | |||
Released | 31 May 2011 | |||
Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
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Length | 4:26 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Incubus | |||
Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien | |||
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"Promises, Promises" on YouTube |
"Promises, Promises" is the second single released by the American alternative rock band, Incubus from their seventh studio album, If Not Now, When?[1] The single was released in 2011.
Song meaning[]
According to Incubus lead vocalist, Brandon Boyd: "Promises, Promises, is a story about a girl and a guy — go figure — and the girl has built up so much armor around herself with the things that she knows how to do...And so, I used these metaphors in the song of, like, magic, like she's an illusionist, so she creates these illusions around her...And she's gotten so good at it that she meets somebody who potentially could be someone that could help her break through those illusions and those walls, she can't really recognize that he could be the real thing, or they could be the real thing, so she's asking him for one thing: 'Don't make me any promises."[2]
Track listing[]
- Promotional Single
- "Promises, Promises" (Album Version)
- 7" Single [3]
- "Promises, Promises" (Album Version)
- "Rebel Girls"
Chart performance[]
"Promises, Promises" peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and No. 24 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Incubus Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ 6/8/11 (7 June 2011). "Incubus 'Unpack' From Hiatus With 'Promises, Promises' - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved 24 March 2012.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Incubus – Promises, Promises (2011, Made in the EU, Vinyl)".
- 2011 singles
- Incubus (band) songs
- Songs written by Brandon Boyd
- Songs written by Mike Einziger
- Songs written by Ben Kenney
- Songs written by Chris Kilmore
- Songs written by José Pasillas
- 2010s rock song stubs