"Promises" is a song by English electronic

Electronic music

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 duo Nero

Nero (band)

Nero are an electronic music act from London, England consisting of Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray. Alana Watson provides vocals on many of the duo's songs, though she is not officially a band member. On 6 December 2010, Nero were announced as nominees for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.-History:Nero...

 from their debut album, Welcome Reality

Welcome Reality

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. It was released as the fourth single from the album on August 5, 2011. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 on August 14, becoming the group's first number-one single. It sold 46,700 copies in its first week, the lowest first-week sales for a number one in 97 weeks.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Promises", directed by Ben Newman

Ben Newman

Ben Newman is an award winning music video, short film and television commercial director based in London, England.Having worked on numerous music shows for the BBC, Channel 4 and MTV in the early 2000's, Newman made a number of budget videos for artists he'd had contact with during this time...

, was uploaded to YouTube

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 on 7 July 2011 at a total length of four minutes and sixteen seconds. As of 27 October 2011, it has received more than 8 million hits.

Critical reception

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy

Digital Spy

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 gave the song a positive review stating:

"Promises, and they still feel oh so wasted on myself," she admits with her high-wired vocals over a thick, head-banging melody, fuzzy synths and pulsating basslines wobblier than our nan's dodgy left knee. The result is the sharpest, most head-spinning of their releases to date - and given that we're in the year of dubstep-goes-pop, should leave fans fully equipped to handle the g-force levels of their first long player.

Track listing

Charts

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Chart (2011)	Peak position
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Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Ireland	5 August 2011	Digital download	MTA Records, Mercury Records Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
Spain
United Kingdom