No Promises (Icehouse song)
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"No Promises" is the first single released by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n band, Icehouse
Icehouse (band)
Icehouse is an Australian rock band, formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Initially known in Australia for their pub rock style, they later achieved mainstream success playing new wave and synthpop style music and attained Top Ten singles chart success in both Europe and the U.S...

 from the band's 1986 album, Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure (album)
Measure for Measure is the April 1986 studio album by Australian rock synthpop band Icehouse and was the third album in the world to be recorded entirely digitally. The album, which peaked at #8 on the National albums charts, features the singles "No Promises", "Baby, You're So Strange", "Mr. Big",...

and was released in November 1985 on Regular Records as 7" Vinyl Single and 12" Vinyl Single
12-inch single
The 12-inch single is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing compared to other types of records. This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the cutting engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range, and thus better sound quality...

 formats. It was also released in the UK and Europe by Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...

 again on 7" and 12" formats but with different track listings. It was subsequently released in the US by Chrysalis on 7" and 12" formats, again with different track listings. It peaked at #30 on the Australian singles charts. A remix version by [love] tatto was released on the Icehouse album Meltdown
Meltdown (Icehouse album)
Meltdown is a remix album by Australian rock synthpop band, Icehouse with tracks remixed by Australian electronic musicians and bands including Infusion, sonicanimation and beXta. It was released in October 2002 within Australia by dIVA Records under Warner Music Australia. The single "Lay Your...

in 2002.
Dieter Trattmann directed the second version of the video.

Track listings

7" single (Australian/NZ release)
  1. "No Promises" - 4:10
  2. "The Perfect Crime" - 3:34


7" single (UK/Europe release)
  1. "No Promises" - 4:10
  2. "The Prefect Crime" - 3:34


12" single (Australian/NZ release)
  1. "No Promises" (extended mix)
  2. "The Tempest"
  3. "Gravity"
  4. "Terra Incognito"


12" single (UK/Europe release)
  1. "No Promises" (extended mix) - 7:00
  2. "No Promises" - 3:40
  3. "The Perfect Crime" - 5:58


7" single (US release)
  1. "No Promises" - 3:59
  2. "Into The Wild" - 4:52


12" single (US release)
  1. "No Promises" (club mix) - 8:45
  2. "No Promises" (dub) - 5:10
  3. "No Promises" (instrumental) - 4:40

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 30
Belgian Singles Chart 26
Canadian Singles Chart 61
New Zealand Singles Chart 29
UK Singles Chart 72
US Billboard Hot 100 79
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks 9
US Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales 7
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