"The Promise You Made" is a song by Peter Kingsbery

Peter Kingsbery

Peter Kingsbery is an American singer songwriter who cofounded the band Cock Robin in the 1980s. He grew up in Austin where he studied classical music...

. Originally written for Kingsbery's band Cock Robin

Cock Robin (band)

Cock Robin is an American pop rock band, mostly popular in the 1980s, particularly in continental Europe where they became famous. The band was founded by singer-songwriter Peter Kingsbery in 1982, disbanded in 1990, and reformed in 2006.-History:...

, the song was recorded in 1984 for the group's self-titled debut album. It was released as a single in 1986 and became a hit in Europe.

Music video

At the beginning of the video by an old woman stroking her dog, she met some passers-by and Peter Kingsbery enters the recording studio. Come later when some other members of Cock Robin. While Kingsbery sings, passers-run around the entrance of the studio and a few members to build the instruments in the studio. Even Anna LaCazio joins the singing added, it is a fruit stand knocked over and the last member added. In no time all instruments were set up. In most of the action cut of the video, made up in fade-outs, the scenes in which the band the song presents and pedestrians at the entrance of the studio is located at the end of the clip and leave Peter Kingsbery Anna LaCazio the recording studio together.

Track listings

All songs written and composed by Peter Kingsbery

Peter Kingsbery

Peter Kingsbery is an American singer songwriter who cofounded the band Cock Robin in the 1980s. He grew up in Austin where he studied classical music...

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7" vinyl single
12" vinyl single

Peak positions

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Dutch GfK GfK The GfK Group, established in 1934 as Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung is Germany's largest market research institute, and the fourth largest market research organisation in the world, after Nielsen Company, Kantar Group, and IMS Health...  chart	2
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	1
French Singles Chart	4
German Singles Chart	6
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	11
Italian Singles Chart	18
Swiss Singles Chart	7
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	28

End of year charts

End of year chart (1986)	Position
Dutch Top 40	8

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Netherlands (NVPI NVPI The NVPI is the Dutch tradeassociation of the entertainment industry... )	Gold	1986	40,000
France (SNEP)	Gold	1986	500,000

Chart successions

Chris Roberts version

1997 Chris Roberts sang with his wife, Claudia Roberts, a German-language version of the song with the name Ich will nicht, daß wir uns verlier'n, following their marriage. Originally, the version from the album Claudia & Chris Roberts: Vergiss die Liebe nicht! will not be published, but for promotion, it was the album Best of Chris Roberts. It was also a version included in the original language, but never published

Track listing

Kate Ryan cover version

A cover version of "The Promise You Made", together with a French-language version, "La Promesse", were released as a 2004 single by Belgian singer Kate Ryan

Kate Ryan

Kate Ryan is a Belgian World Music Award winner. She began her singing career in 2001 and later found fame with a string of dance hits. These included covers, mostly of Mylène Farmer and France Gall, such as "Désenchantée", "Libertine" and "Ella, elle l'a" as well as new material...

. The French lyrics were written by Jo Lemaire

Jo Lemaire

Jo Lemaire is a Belgian singer born in Gembloux, Namur. Beyond her native country, she is also popular in France, Switzerland, Canada, and the Netherlands.-Career:...

. The single was released in the U.S. on , where it reached #13 in the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales

Hot Dance Singles Sales

Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...

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Track listings

CD single

• Belgium: Antler-Subway, EMI / AS 9108, AS 9111 (Promo)
• Spain: Vale Music / VLDP 288-6 (Promo)

• Belgium: Antler-Subway, EMI / AS 9112

• Germany: Sushi Tunes / 0010132MIN

• U.S.: Water Music Dance / 302 060 569 2

12" vinyl single

• Belgium: EMI / 549498 6
• Germany: Sushi Tunes / Sushitunes015 (Promo)

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	21
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	8
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	35
German Singles Chart	19
Hungarian Airplay Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....	16
Spanish Singles Chart	12
Switzerland Singles Chart	50
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...	13

Other versions

in 2008 Julio Iglesias, Jr. sang a spanish language version of this song with the name: "Promete decir la verdad".