This I Swear (Kim Wilde song)

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"This I Swear"
Single by Kim Wilde
from the album Now & Forever
B-side"Heaven"
Released29 January 1996
GenrePop
Length4:23 (Album Version)
3:54 (Radio Mix)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Tony Swain, P. Sheyne
Producer(s)Ricki Wilde, Serious Rope
Kim Wilde singles chronology
"Breakin' Away"
(1994)
"This I Swear"
(1996)
"Shame"
(1996)

"This I Swear" is a song by British singer Kim Wilde, released in January 1996 as the second single from her ninth album, Now & Forever (1995). The song was issued in a slightly different form to that which is found on the album. 12" and CD single formats also include a 'Wilde Remix'. Another track from the same album, "Heaven" was used as the B-side and underwent several remixes. The UK 12" single also contained a remix of the previous single, "Breakin' Away".

Critical reception[edit]

British magazine Music Week gave the song three out of five, describing it as "a light, fluid ballad".[1] James Hamilton from the RM Dance Update deemed it a "sincerely cooed mushy beat-ballad".[2]

Versions[edit]

"This I Swear"

"This I Swear" (radio mix)
"This I Swear" (Wilde remix)

"Heaven"

"Heaven" (Original 12")
"Heaven" (Matt Darey 12")
"Heaven" (Matt Darey dub)
"Heaven" (Matt Darey 7")
"Heaven" (Eddy Fingers Vocal)
"Heaven" (Eddy Fingers dub)

Charts[edit]

Chart (1996) Peak
positions
Australia (ARIA) 140
Germany (Official German Charts) 91
UK Singles (OCC) 46

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 20 January 1996. p. 27. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ Hamilton, James (3 February 1996). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 11. Retrieved 26 May 2021.