This I Swear (Kim Wilde song)

"This I Swear"
Single by Kim Wilde
from the album Now & Forever
B-side"Heaven"
Released29 January 1996
GenrePop, R&B
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

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

"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

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

References

  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.