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Halfway Around the World

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Released
  
26 March 2001

Genre
  
Pop, Europop

Recorded
  
2000

Label
  
Universal Music Group

Format
  
CD Single, cassette, vinyl 12"

Length
  
3:40 (Album Version) 3:36 (Radio Edit)

Halfway Around the World was A-Teens' second single from their second album Teen Spirit.

Contents

After traveling literally halfway around the world promoting their album Teen Spirit, they released the second single with medium success. The single peaked at number one in Sweden and Japan after a few weeks inside the Top Ten earning a gold certification. The song charted well in Asia and Latin America, peaking at number nine in Mexico, number seventeen in Argentina, number ten in Chile,number two in Peru, number 8 in Australia, number 15 in France and number 30 in UK

The single was released with the B-side, "Can't Stop the Pop", which was first released on the Japanese edition of the album.

The single was delayed in the United Kingdom along with the album. When it finally got released it only reached number thirty.

Music video

The video premiered in February 2001 and it was directed by Mikadelica. It shows the A-Teens in different parts of the world (Peru, Paris, somewhere in the North, and China) and the action takes place in different seasons, but all of this ends up taking place on a set for a film shooting. There is also a love story between two staff members. The song tells the story of two people who are "halfway around the world," but that them being distanced from each other won't stop their love for each other.

Releases

European 2-Track CD Single

  1. Halfway Around the World [Radio Version] - 3:36
  2. Can't Stop the Pop - 3:00

European/Mexican CD Maxi

  1. Halfway Around the World [Radio Version] - 3:36
  2. Halfway Around the World [Earthbound's Halfway Around The Earth Mix Long] - 6:20
  3. Halfway Around the World [M12 Massive Club Mix] - 6:35

Video: Upside Down

UK CD

  1. Halfway Around the World [Radio Version] - 3:41
  2. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - 3:56
  3. Halfway Around the World [Almighty Definitive Remix] - 7:45
  4. Video: Halfway Around the World

UK Cassette

  1. Halfway Around the World [Radio Version] - 3:41
  2. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - 3:56
  3. Halfway Around the World [Almighty Definitive Remix] - 7:45

Promo CD

  1. Halfway Around the World [Radio Version] - 3:36

References

Halfway Around the World Wikipedia
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