Release Me (Deborah Conway song)

"Release Me"
Single by Deborah Conway
from the album String of Pearls
B-side
  • "Will You Miss Me When You're Sober"
  • "In April"
Released20 January 1992 (1992-01-20)[1]
RecordedMetropolis Audio (Melbourne, Australia)
LabelMushroom
Songwriters
ProducerRichard Pleasance
Deborah Conway singles chronology
"Under My Skin"
(1991)
"Release Me"
(1992)
"White Roses"
(1992)

"Release Me" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Deborah Conway. It was released as the third single from her debut studio album, String of Pearls (1991), in January 1992. It peaked at number 58 in Australia in the following month. In March 1992, Conway performed it with Vika and Linda at the ARIA Music Awards of 1992.[2] Dan Condon of Double J, in 2019, rated it as one of seven great performances at the ARIA Awards over 33 years.[2] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the song earned Conway a nomination for Best Female Artist, losing to Lily by Wendy Matthews.[3]

Track listings

CD and cassette single

  1. "Release Me"
  2. "Will You Miss Me When You're Sober" (recorded for MCM Networking's 'Rocksat')
  3. "In April" (recorded with Shane O'Mara)
  4. "Release Me" (acoustic)

Weekly charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 58

References

  1. ^ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 20/01/92: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 103. 19 January 1992. p. 20.
  2. ^ a b Condon, Dan (26 November 2019). "7 Great Performances from the History of the ARIA Awards – Music Reads". Double J. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Winners by Year 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.