Rollercoaster (B*Witched song)
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On 21 September 1998, the group released "Rollercoaster" as their second single from the album, following "C'est la Vie" four months earlier.[1][2] With first-week sales of 157,000,[3] the track debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart in October 1998 and stayed there for another week. It also reached number one in Australia and New Zealand in November 1998.
Music video
The group made a video for the song, with intertwining shots featuring all four girls traveling through space or dancing in front of, and on, a roller coaster and boxing a strongman on a fair's boxing booth. A second version music video was filmed at Venice Beach, California.[4]
Track listings
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the B*Witched album booklet.[5]
Studios
- Produced in Ray "Madman" Hedges' Mothership
- Mix engineered at Medley Studio (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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- B*Witched – writing
- Ray "Madman" Hedges – writing, production, arrangement
- Martin Brannigan – writing, arrangement
- Tracy Ackerman – writing
- Erwin Keiles – guitar
- Daniel Collier – fiddle
- Cutfather & Joe – additional production and remix
- Mads Nilsson – mix engineering
Charts
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Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United Kingdom | 21 September 1998 | Template:Hlist | Template:Hlist | [13] |
| Japan | 31 October 1998 | CD | Epic | [14] |
References
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- 1998 singles
- 1998 songs
- B*Witched songs
- Epic Records singles
- Number-one singles in Australia
- Number-one singles in New Zealand
- Number-one singles in Scotland
- Song recordings produced by Ray Hedges
- Songs written by Edele Lynch
- Songs written by Martin Brannigan
- Songs written by Ray Hedges
- Songs written by Tracy Ackerman
- UK singles chart number-one singles
- 1990s in Irish music