Promises (The Cranberries song)
| "Promises" | ||||
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| Single by the Cranberries | ||||
| from the album Bury the Hatchet | ||||
| B-side | "The Sweetest Thing" | |||
| Released | 22 March 1999 | |||
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| Songwriter | Dolores O'Riordan | |||
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UK CD single 1 | ||||
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| "Promises" on YouTube | ||||
"Promises" is a rock song by Irish rock band the Cranberries. It is the first single from the band's fourth album, Bury the Hatchet, released in 1999. The song was the only single from the album to chart in the US and the last single before their hiatus. The song, which has a heavy rock beat with strident lead guitar, deals with the subject of divorce. A music video involving a cowboy confronting a witch/scarecrow hybrid (played by Maïwenn), directed by Olivier Dahan, was released to promote the single.
"Promises" became the band's ninth and final UK top-40 hit, reaching number 13 on the UK Singles Charts, while in the band's native Ireland, it reached number 19. Elsewhere, the song peaked atop the Spanish Singles Chart and reached the top 20 in Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland. In the United States, it peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.