Wonderful (Annie Lennox song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Wonderful

| cover = Wonderful-Annie Lennox.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Annie Lennox

| album = Bare

| released = 2004

| recorded =

| studio = The Aquarium (London){{cite AV media notes |title=Bare |type=liner notes |others=Annie Lennox |publisher=RCA Records |year=2003 |id=8287652248-2}}

| venue =

| genre = Pop, Soul

| length =

| label = J Records

| writer = Annie Lennox

| producer =

| prev_title = A Thousand Beautiful Things

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Dark Road

| next_year = 2007

}}

"Wonderful" is a song by Annie Lennox, released as the third and last single from her album Bare in 2004. It was released as a CD single and 12 inch single in the United States and only as a promotional single elsewhere. The single topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for a week and became her fifth number one on that chart.

No music video was made for this song.

Track listing

=UK CD single=

1. "Wonderful" (Album Version) – 4:16

2. "Pavement Cracks" (Goldtrix Full Vocal Mix) – 6:34

3. "A Thousand Beautiful Things" (Gabriel & Dresden Tech Funk Mix) – 9:03

Critical reception

The song had mixed critical reception. Thom Jurek of AllMusic made the song a "Track Pick" off Bare, called it "one of Lennox's trademark ballads", and praised the song's lyrics and its "Hall & Oates-styled Philly soul refrain".[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r640125|pure_url=yes}} allmusic: Bare – Overview] by Thom Jurek Meanwhile, Rolling Stone's Anthony Decurtis wrote that "the thumping funk chorus of 'Wonderful,' for example, sounds forced" and called it a "misstep".[https://web.archive.org/web/20071002121019/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/annielennox/albums/album/317703/review/6067411/bare Annie Lennox: Bare: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone] by Anthony Decurtis

Remake

The song was covered by recording artist Lovari on his album Moment Of Love [6], which reached #2 on iTunes Electronic Dance Chart in the United States. A music video [6] was released to accompany the track.

Chart performance

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Weekly chart performance for "Wonderful" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2003–2004) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{single chart\|CIS\|124\|artist=Annie Lennox\|song=Wonderful\|songid=485\|rowheader=true\|access-date=11 August 2019}}
scope="row"\| Russia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web\|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20031219-20031225\|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Dec 25, 2003\|publisher=TopHit\|access-date=23 April 2024}} \| 94
{{single chart\|Billboarddanceclubplay\|1\|artist=Annie Lennox\|rowheader=true\|access-date=23 April 2024}}

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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Wonderful"

! scope="col"| Chart (2003–2004)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|CIS|124|artist=Annie Lennox|song=Wonderful|songid=485|rowheader=true|access-date=11 August 2019}}

scope="row"| Russia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20031219-20031225|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Dec 25, 2003|publisher=TopHit|access-date=23 April 2024}}

| 94

{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Annie Lennox|rowheader=true|access-date=23 April 2024}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Year-end chart performance for "Wonderful" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2003) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\|CIS (TopHit){{cite web\|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/global/annual/2003\|title=CIS Year-End Radio Hits (2003)\|publisher=TopHit\|access-date=August 11, 2019}} \| 174
scope="row"\| Russia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web\|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2003\|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2003\|publisher=TopHit\|access-date=23 April 2024\|archive-date=22 April 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422160833/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2003\|url-status=live}} \| 141

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

|+ Year-end chart performance for "Wonderful"

! scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"|CIS (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/global/annual/2003|title=CIS Year-End Radio Hits (2003)|publisher=TopHit|access-date=August 11, 2019}}

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scope="row"| Russia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2003|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2003|publisher=TopHit|access-date=23 April 2024|archive-date=22 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422160833/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2003|url-status=live}}

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