"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.
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: 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".Annie Lennox: Bare: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone by Anthony Decurtis
Remake The song was covered by American singer Lovari on his album Moment of Love. A music video was released to accompany the track.
Track listing
UK CD single
"Wonderful" (album version) – 4:16 "Pavement Cracks" (Goldtrix Full Vocal Mix) – 6:34 "A Thousand Beautiful Things" (Gabriel & Dresden Tech Funk Mix) – 9:03
Chart performance
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for "Wonderful" Chart (2003–2004) Peakposition Russia Airplay (TopHit) 94
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for "Wonderful" Chart (2003) PositionCIS (TopHit) 174 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 141
See also List of Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number ones of 2004
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