| "Millennium" | |||||
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| Single by Robbie Williams from the album I've Been Expecting You |
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| Released | September 7, 1998 | ||||
| Format | CD single, Cassette | ||||
| Recorded | 1998 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 4:06 | ||||
| Label | Chrysalis | ||||
| Producer | Guy Chambers Steve Power |
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| Certification | Gold (BPI) | ||||
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- For the Front Line Assembly song see Millennium (Front Line Assembly song)
"Millennium" was the first single on I've Been Expecting You, British pop singer Robbie Williams's second album. It was released in 1998. The song heavily borrows the musical arrangement from Nancy Sinatra's "You Only Live Twice", the title track for the James Bond film of the same name. "Millennium" was Robbie Williams' first solo single to top the UK Singles Chart. In 1999, the song also received extensive airplay in Canada and the USA, where it was the lead single for Williams' North American compilation album, The Ego Has Landed.
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Music video
The tongue-in-cheek video for "Millennium" features Williams parodying James Bond, complete with references to Bond films like Thunderball and From Russia with Love. The video was filmed at Pinewood Studios, home to most Bond productions. At the 1999 BRIT Awards, "Millennium" won the award for Best British Video.
Chart Success
The song became Williams' first number-one single in the United Kingdom selling over 400,000 copies being certified Gold by the BPI,[1] the song also became an international success, it managed to break into the top forty around the world and it also became Williams' first song to chart inside the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 when it was released in 1999, sadly neither it nor "Angels" (the song chosen as his second single in America) charted in the US Top 40 ("Angels" just missing, hitting #41).
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Millennium". UK CD1
(Released September 7, 1998)
- "Millennium" - 4:05
- "Rome Munich Rome" - 3:05
- "Love Cheat" - 3:46
UK CD2
(Released September 7, 1998)
- "Millennium" - 4:05
- "Lazy Days" [Original Version] - 4:29
- "Angels" [Live Version] - 4:27
European CD Maxi
(Released September 7, 1998)
- "Millennium" - 4:05
- "Angels" [Live Version] - 4:27
- "Rome Munich Rome" - 3:05
- "Love Cheat" - 3:46
Certifications & Sales
| Country | Certification (If Any) | Sales/shipments |
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| United Kingdom | Gold[2] | 400,000+ |
Charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak Position[3] |
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| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| Latvian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 12 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 14 |
| French Singles Chart | 16 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 18 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 18 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 24 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 28 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 38 |
| German Singles Chart | 41 |
| Chart (1999) | Peak Position[4] |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 72 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 74 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks | 29 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks | 22 |
| Preceded by "Bootie Call" by All Saints |
UK Singles Chart number-one single September 13 1998 - 20 September |
Succeeded by "I Want You Back" by Melanie B featuring Missy Elliott |
