Rome Wasn't Built in a Day (song)

"Rome Wasn't Built in a Day"
Single by Morcheeba
from the album Fragments of Freedom
B-side
  • "Frogmarched to Freedom"
  • "In the Hands of the Gods"
Released3 July 2000 (2000-07-03)
StudioMorcheeba Heads Quarter (South London, England)
GenreBlues[1]
Length3:35
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Paul Godfrey
  • Ross Godfrey
  • Pete Norris
Morcheeba singles chronology
"Summertime"
(1998)
"Rome Wasn't Built in a Day"
(2000)
"Be Yourself"
(2000)

"Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" is a song by English musical group Morcheeba. It was released in Europe on 3 July 2000 as the lead single from their third studio album, Fragments of Freedom (2000), and was given a UK release on 24 July. The song is the group's biggest hit in their native United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 34. In New Zealand, the song reached number two and was the 13th-most-successful single of 2000. Elsewhere, the single reached the top 40 in Australia, Italy, and Switzerland. "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" is reported to have reached the top 10 in 10 countries.[2]

  1. ^ "U.K.'s Morcheeba Further Evolves". Billboard. 7 July 2000. Archived from the original on 13 January 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2023 – via Warner Music Australasia.
  2. ^ Pingitore, Silvia (19 November 2020). "Remember Rome Wasn't Built in a Day in 2000? Interview with Morcheeba's Skye Edwards". the-shortlisted.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2023.