Carrie (Europe song)

"Carrie"
Single by Europe
from the album The Final Countdown
B-side"Love Chaser"
Released
  • April 1987 (UK)
  • July 1987 (US)
Recorded1986
GenreSoft rock
Length4:30 (album version)
3:09 (radio edit)
3:50 (demo version)
LabelEpic
Songwriters
ProducerKevin Elson
Europe singles chronology
"Rock the Night"
(1986)
"Carrie"
(1987)
"Cherokee"
(1987)
Music video
"Carrie" on YouTube

"Carrie" is a power ballad by the Swedish rock band Europe released in 1987. It was the third single released internationally from the album The Final Countdown and was a Top 30 hit in several territories worldwide. In the US, it is their highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart—peaking at #3 (#1 on the Radio and Records chart) during the fall of 1987, outperforming the band's most internationally successful song, "The Final Countdown". It also reached #36 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The track on the B-side of the 7" single was "Love Chaser".