Free Loop (One Night Stand)
{{Short description|2005 single by Daniel Powter}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Free Loop (One Night Stand)
| cover = Free Loop CD.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Daniel Powter
| album = Daniel Powter
| released = {{start date|2005|11|7}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:48
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer = Daniel Powter
| producer =
- Mitchell Froom
- Jeff Dawson
| prev_title = Bad Day
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Jimmy Gets High
| next_year = 2005
}}
"Free Loop (One Night Stand)" (titled simply as "Free Loop" on Daniel Powter) is a song written by Canadian singer Daniel Powter. It was his second single and the follow-up to his successful song, "Bad Day". In the United Kingdom, the single was deemed ineligible to chart since a live version of "Bad Day" was included as a B-side whilst the original song was still present in the UK top 40 at the time.{{cite web|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/2005/week-ending-november-19th-2005|title=Week Ending November 19th 2005|last=Masterton|first=James|author-link=James Masterton|publisher=Chart Watch UK|date=November 13, 2005|access-date=November 2, 2023}} In the US, it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but it did reach the top 30 of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
Music video
The video, directed by Marc Webb, who also directed the music videos for "Bad Day" and "Lie to Me," shows a young Daniel Powter starting at a piano in a music store and puts his fingers on the window and magically plays the piano. The scene then cuts to an adult version of Powter, who is now able to buy the piano. He then sees a note of eviction on his apartment door and has to sell the piano back to pay for the rent. After selling the piano back, he is shown at a bar where a talent scout talks to him about being part of a once-in-a-lifetime offer. Getting ready for his "big performance," he sees the piano demolished after being used in a strip club with glasses thrown at and prostitutes landing on the keys. He then takes it home and repairs it to its former glory. At the final scene he performs it at the "Millennium Biltmore Hotel," and gets an applause from crowd at the end of the song. All the scenes were filmed in California.
Powter explains that he wanted it to reflect on people, their relationships and himself, not about champagne or car rims: It's about people, relationships and situations in "...piano pop music, over-infatuated on steroids."
Charts
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!Chart (2005–2006) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Australia|43|artist=Daniel Powter|song=Free Loop|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Austria|62|artist=Daniel Powter|song=Free Loop|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders Tip|11|artist=Daniel Powter|song=Free Loop|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|10|artist=Daniel Powter|song=Free Loop|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
| scope="row"|Canada AC Top 30 (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2006/RR-2006-04-14.pdf|title=R&R Canada AC Top 30|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1653|page=48|date=April 14, 2006|access-date=April 17, 2021}}
|17 |
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| scope="row"|Canada Hot AC Top 30 (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2006/RR-2006-01-13.pdf|title=R&R Canada AC Top 30|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1640|page=52|date=January 13, 2006|access-date=April 17, 2021}}
|7 |
| {{single chart|Czech Republic|40|year=2006|week=04|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|France|52|artist=Daniel Powter|song=Free Loop|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|55|artist=Daniel Powter|song=Free Loop|songid=100680|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Hungary|40|year=2006|week=20|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|32|artist=Daniel Powter|song=Free Loop|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|38|artist=Daniel Powter|song=Free Loop|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|30|artist=Daniel Powter|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2021}} |
Release history
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| scope="row"|Australia
|rowspan="2"|November 7, 2005 |rowspan="2"|CD |rowspan="2"|Warner Bros. |{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue819.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 7th November 2005|publisher=ARIA|page=29|date=November 7, 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051119130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20051120-0000/issue819.pdf|archive-date=November 19, 2005|access-date=May 24, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} |
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| scope="row"|United Kingdom
|{{cite magazine|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=20|date=October 29, 2005}} |
References
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External links
- [http://video.aol.com/video/music-daniel-powter-free-loop-behind-the-scenes/1688538 "Free Loop (Behind the Scenes)"] on AOL
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