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Sorrento Moon (I Remember)

{{Short description|1995 single by Tina Arena}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Sorrento Moon (I Remember)

| cover = Sorrento Moon (I Remember).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Tina Arena

| album = Don't Ask

| released = {{start date|1995|1|16|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:54

| label = Columbia

| writer =

| producer = David Tyson

| prev_title = Chains

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Heaven Help My Heart

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|1IBR6mHtgqk|"Sorrento Moon (I Remember)"}}}}

}}

"Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" is a song written by Australian singer Tina Arena, David Tyson, and Christopher Ward for Arena's second album, Don't Ask (1994). The song is about Arena's childhood memories of summers past with her family at Sorrento in Victoria, Australia. It was produced by Tyson and released as the album's second single in Australia on 16 January 1995 by Columbia Records. The song also reached the top 40 in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The accompanying music video was partly shot at Sorrento back-beach.

The song is lyrically referred to in Client Liaison's 2017 single "A Foreign Affair", featuring Arena.{{cite web|url=http://www.mixdownmag.com.au/watch-client-liaison-tina-arena-foreign-affair|title=WATCH: CLIENT LIAISON & TINA ARENA IN 'A FOREIGN AFFAIR'|publisher=Mix Down Mag|date=2016|access-date=24 June 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/client-liaisons-surprise-tina-arena-cameo-was-the-talk-of-splendour/news-story/c638a182af1f0a892f8633375f9dbd70|title= Client Liaison's surprise Tina Arena cameo was the talk of Splendour|publisher=news.com.au|date=24 July 2017 |access-date=24 June 2018}}

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Kelvin Hayes complimented the song as "gorgeous", adding that it "suggests Arena may yet become the Astrud Gilberto of Australia."{{cite web|first=Kelvin|last=Hayes|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-ask-mw0000181135|title=Tina Arena – Don't Ask|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=11 March 2020}} James Richliano from The Boston Globe wrote in his review of the Don't Ask album, "The sweet innocence is most prominent on 'Sorrento Moon (I Remember)', an uptempo gem steeped in breezy calypso rhythms".Richliano, James (27 June 1996). "Recordings". p. 27. The Boston Globe. British newspaper The Guardian described it as "delicate",{{cite magazine|title=Tina Arena: I didn't want to be ignored just because I was female|magazine=The Guardian|date=23 November 2015}} while a reviewer from People Magazine noted its "samba flavor".{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-dont-ask-vol-45-no-18/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Don't Ask|magazine=People|date=6 May 1996|access-date=11 March 2020}} Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "If required she modifies her voice to Astrud Gilberto-ish swing for the Latin-flavoured 'Sorrento Moon (I Remember)'."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-02-18.pdf|title=New Releases: Albums|magazine=Music & Media|volume=12|issue=7|date=18 February 1995|page=10|access-date=14 March 2025}} Mark Frith from Smash Hits felt Arena "still has her genius touch for the perfect ballad", as in "the wonderful Calypso summer smash".{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Frith|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/54314369020/in/album-72177720323679935/|title=Albums: Best New Album|work=Smash Hits|date=10 May 1995|page=61|access-date=10 February 2025|author-link=Mark Frith}}

Track listings

  • Australian CD single
  1. "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)"
  2. "Greatest Gift" (Live)
  3. "Many Rivers To Cross" (Live)
  4. "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" – Radio Edit
  • UK CD single
  1. "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" – Radio Version
  2. "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" – Spanish Version
  3. "Thats The Way A Woman Feels" – The New Horns Mix
  4. "Wasn't It Good" – Live Solo Version
  • Austrian CD single
  1. "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" – Radio Version
  2. "Chains" – Unchained Vox Dub
  3. "Chains" – S&M Mix

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (1995–1996)

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{{single chart|Australia|7|artist=Tina Arena|song=Sorrento Moon (I Remember)|rowheader=true|access-date=22 August 2021}}
{{single chart|Austria|7|artist=Tina Arena|song=Sorrento Moon (I Remember)|rowheader=true|access-date=22 August 2021}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-08-10.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=23|page=9|date=10 August 1996|access-date=22 August 2021}}

|73

{{single chart|Germany|86|artist=Tina Arena|song=Sorrento Moon (I Remember)|songid=57911|rowheader=true|access-date=22 August 2021}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|16|artist=Tina Arena|song=Sorrento Moon (I Remember)|rowheader=true|access-date=22 August 2021}}
{{single chart|Scotland|23|date=19960803|rowheader=true|access-date=22 August 2021}}
{{single chart|UK|22|date=19960803|rowheader=true|access-date=22 August 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1995)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/aBqgAcE.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur|access-date=21 April 2017}}

|65

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Certifications

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{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=2021}}

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Release history

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!scope="col"|Region

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scope="row"|Australia

|{{start date|1995|1|16|df=y}}

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

|rowspan="2"|Columbia

|{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/ZxPUfdo.jpg|title=New Releases – Product Available from: 16/01/95 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 257)|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur|access-date=15 November 2019}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|{{start date|1996|7|22|df=y}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-07-20.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=46|date=20 July 1996|access-date=22 August 2021}}

References

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{{Tina Arena}}

{{Tina Arena songs}}

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Category:Tina Arena songs

Category:1994 songs

Category:1995 singles

Category:Songs written by Christopher Ward (songwriter)

Category:Songs written by David Tyson

Category:Songs written by Tina Arena