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Perfect Bliss

{{Short description|2001 single by Bellefire}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Perfect Bliss

| cover = PerfectBliss.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Bellefire

| album = After the Rain

| released = {{start date|2001|7|2|df=y}} (UK)

| recorded =

| studio = Shane Songs (Stockholm, Sweden)

| genre =

| length = 3:38

| label = Virgin

| writer =

| producer =

  • Jörgen Elofsson
  • Mathias Venge

| next_title = Buzzstyle (Find My Way)

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = single

| cover = PerfectBlissCD Asia.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Japanese release cover artwork

}}

}}

"Perfect Bliss" is the debut single of Irish girl group Bellefire, released as the lead single from their first album, After the Rain (2001).{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/after-the-rain-mw0000456175|title=Bellefire – After the Rain|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=18 August 2020}} Issued in 2001, the song peaked at number two on the Irish Singles Chart in June of the same year, ending the year as Ireland's 23rd-best-performing single. On 2 July 2001, "Perfect Bliss" was released in the United Kingdom, reaching number 18 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Gregg Masuak with post-production from Chris Dean and Justin Mullender.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Track listings

UK HDCD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Perfect Bliss|others=Bellefire|year=2001|type=UK HDCD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VSCDT 1807, 7243 8 97719 09}}

  1. "Perfect Bliss" – 3:38
  2. "Don't Let Me Down" – 4:25
  3. "Dancing Inside" – 3:50
  4. "Perfect Bliss" (video)

UK cassette single and Japanese CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Perfect Bliss|others=Bellefire|year=2001|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VSC 1807, 7243 8 97719 47}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Perfect Bliss|others=Bellefire|year=2001|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VJCP-12142}}

  1. "Perfect Bliss" – 3:38
  2. "Don't Let Me Down" – 4:25
  3. "Dancing Inside" – 3:50

European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Perfect Bliss|others=Bellefire|year=2001|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VSCDE1807, 7243 8 97795 23}}

  1. "Perfect Bliss" – 3:38
  2. "Don't Let Me Down" – 4:25

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes and the After the Rain album booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=After the Rain|title-link=After the Rain (Bellefire album)|others=Bellefire|year=2001|type=Japanese CD album booklet|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VJCP-68346}}

Studios

  • Recorded at Shane Songs Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Strings recorded at Polar Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Mixed in 2001 at Mono Music Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)

Personnel

{{div col}}

  • Jörgen Elofsson – writing, keyboards, programming, production, arrangement
  • Phil Thornalley – writing
  • Bellefire – vocals
  • Jeanette Olsson – additional backing vocals
  • Mathias Venge – guitars, programming, production, arrangement
  • Stockholm Session Strings – strings
  • Ulf Janssen – string arrangement
  • Henrik Janssen – string arrangement
  • Håkan Wollgård – recording (strings)
  • Bernard Löhr – mixing

{{div col end}}

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Perfect Bliss"

!Chart (2001)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Flanders|23|artist=Bellefire|song=Perfect Bliss|rowheader=true|access-date=16 December 2018|refname="fla"}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-07-21.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=19|issue=30|page=11|date=21 July 2001|access-date=6 March 2020}}

|62

{{single chart|Ireland2|2|song=Perfect Bliss|rowheader=true|access-date=16 December 2018}}
{{single chart|Scotland|9|date=20010714|rowheader=true|access-date=16 December 2018}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|34|artist=Bellefire|song=Perfect Bliss|rowheader=true|access-date=16 December 2018}}
{{single chart|UK|18|date=20010714|rowheader=true|access-date=16 December 2018}}

{{col-2}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Year-end chart performance for "Perfect Bliss"

!Chart (2001)

!Position

scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|url=http://allcharts.org/music/years/ireland-singles-2001.htm|title=Ireland – Top Singles for 2001|publisher=Allcharts|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505011812/http://allcharts.org/music/years/ireland-singles-2001.htm|archive-date=5 May 2012|access-date=16 December 2018}}

|23

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Release history

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|+Release history and formats for "Perfect Bliss"

!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|Ireland

|2001

|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|rowspan="3"|Virgin

|

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|2 July 2001

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-06-30.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting July 2, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=30 June 2001|access-date=14 August 2021}}

scope="row"|Japan

|8 August 2001

|CD

|{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/release/index.asp?week=-2|title=最新のCD リリース一覧|trans-title=Latest CD Releases|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010818162808/http://www.oricon.co.jp/release/index.asp?week=-2|archive-date=18 August 2001|access-date=23 August 2023}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Bellefire}}

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Category:2001 debut singles

Category:2001 songs

Category:Bellefire songs

Category:Songs written by Jörgen Elofsson

Category:Songs written by Phil Thornalley

Category:Virgin Records singles