"Free Loop (One Night Stand)" (titled 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 it was still present in the UK top 40 at the time.[1] 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.
| "Free Loop (One Night Stand)" | ||||
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| Single by Daniel Powter | ||||
| from the album Daniel Powter | ||||
| Released | November 7, 2005 | |||
| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Daniel Powter | |||
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Music video
editThe 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
edit| Chart (2005–2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[2] | 43 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] | 62 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[4] | 11 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[5] | 10 |
| Canada AC Top 30 (Radio & Records)[6] | 17 |
| Canada Hot AC Top 30 (Radio & Records)[7] | 7 |
| Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[8] | 40 |
| France (SNEP)[9] | 52 |
| Germany (GfK)[10] | 55 |
| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[11] | 40 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] | 32 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 38 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[14] | 30 |
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | November 7, 2005 | CD | Warner Bros. | [15] |
| United Kingdom | [16] |
References
edit- ^ Masterton, James (November 13, 2005). "Week Ending November 19th 2005". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Powter – Free Loop". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Powter – Free Loop" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Powter – Free Loop" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Powter – Free Loop" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "R&R Canada AC Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1653. April 14, 2006. p. 48. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "R&R Canada AC Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1640. January 13, 2006. p. 52. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 04. týden 2006 in the date selector. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Powter – Free Loop" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Powter – Free Loop" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Powter – Free Loop". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Powter – Free Loop". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Powter Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 7th November 2005" (PDF). ARIA. November 7, 2005. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 19, 2005. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ "Reviews: Singles". Music Week. October 29, 2005. p. 20.
External links
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