After the release of the group's self-titled debut album, the song was re-released and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. "The Promise" was initially released as a 12" record and reached the top of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Starting with a piano that picks out the melody, the song throbs along electronically with clear harmonies of Mann and Farrington piercing through the catchy melody." Chart performance The review mentioned the song, saying: "'The Promise', a hit in the United Kingdom, is typical. On 22 January 1989, a review of the album was published in the daily issue of the Junction City, Kansas newspaper Daily Union. Dark yet catchy, boasting a throbbing dance rhythm, a singalong chorus, and a hypnotic melody, 'The Promise' certainly deserved the success." Cooper also highlighted "The Promise" as a standout on the album by labeling it an AMG Pick Track. William Cooper of AllMusic spoke of the song in a review of the When in Rome album, writing, "The 1988 hit "The Promise" was essentially a carbon copy of New Order's radio-friendly dance-rock. Instruments used in the song include a LinnDrum machine, Roland SH-101 keyboard for the bass, and a Roland RE-501 loop echo to add warm backing vocals. The song took two days to finish because Clive would often have a great idea for a melody just before falling asleep and would record it before polishing it the next day. Michael Floreale believes the lyrics were inspired by a recent breakup Clive had gone through. Clive wrote the first verse and chorus, but asked bandmate Andrew Mann to write the second verse. Keyboardist Michael Floreale was experimenting with the music to "The Promise" one night in the shed, and Clive came in and started singing a harmony. The space was so tight that they had to attach keyboards vertically to the walls. The band wrote and jammed songs in a small garden shed turned studio in the backyard of singer Clive Farrington's dad's house. The song was covered by country singer Sturgill Simpson in 2014 for his album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, and featured in the HBO television series The Leftovers. The release contains eleven tracks, including remixes, extended mixes, and instrumentals. In 2020, Farrington and Mann, in collaboration with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Slovenia Symphonic Film Orchestra, released a 30th anniversary orchestral edition of their hit song "The Promise" on both CD and vinyl. in 1988 and reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was written by all three band members: Clive Farrington, Andrew Mann and Michael Floreale. It was first released in 1987 on 10 Records, as the lead single from their self-titled debut album. " The Promise" is the debut single by the British band When in Rome. 1987 single by When in Rome "The Promise"
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