No Promises (Icehouse song)

"No Promises"
Single by Icehouse
from the album Measure for Measure
B-side"The Perfect Crime"
Released28 October 1985[1]
Recorded1985
GenreNew wave
Length4:10
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Icehouse singles chronology
"Dusty Pages"
(1984)
"No Promises"
(1985)
"Baby You're So Strange"
(1986)

"No Promises" is a song by Australian band Icehouse, released in October 1985,[1] as the first single issued from the band's 1986 album, Measure for Measure. The single was released in Australia through Regular Records, on 7", 12" and maxi-cassette single formats. Chrysalis Records issued the single in the UK and Europe on 7" and 12" formats, with different track listings. "No Promises" was subsequently released in the US by Chrysalis on 7" and 12" formats, again with different track listings. The single peaked at #30 on the Australian singles chart in February 1986.[2][3] A remixed version by (Love) Tattoo was included on the Icehouse remix album Meltdown in 2002.[4] Two music videos were filmed to promote the single; the second of these was directed by Dieter Trattmann.

  1. ^ a b "Kent Music Report No 590 – 28 October 1985 > Singles: New Releases". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Imgur.com.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. p. 147. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Music Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 to 12 June 1988.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ariatop50 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Meltdown credits". allmusic guide. Retrieved 16 July 2008.