Idol (Amanda Ghost Song)
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"Idol" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter
Amanda Ghost Amanda Louisa Gosein-Cameron (born 10 July 1974), known professionally as Amanda Ghost, is a British music executive, songwriter, singer, and former president of Epic Records (2009–10). Career Born in North London to a Gibraltarian mother an ...
from her debut studio album ''
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'' (2000). In the United Kingdom it was released as the
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from the album on 1 March 2000 by
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, while " Filthy Mind" served as the lead single in the United States. "Idol" received positive reviews from
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. In the United Kingdom it peaked at number sixty-three on the
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. In the United States the song failed to enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but was successful in the
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chart, where it peaked at number eighteen. The song also received heavy airplay on the alternative music station, WMAD 92.1, in Madison, WI, in the late summer of 2000.


Track listings and formats

*UK CD single # "Idol" (Album Version) – 4:43 # "Idol" (
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and Kinky Roland's Trance Your Arm Mix) – 6:39 # "Idol" (Boy George and Kinky Roland Gulub Dub) – 6:52 *UK enhanced CD single # "Idol" (Album Version) – 4:43 # "Idol" (Dark Globe Remix) – 7:06 # "Idol" (Radio Edit) – 3:24 # "Idol" (Video) *US CD maxi-single # "Idol" (
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& Jonathan Peters Radio Mix) – 4:02 # "Idol" (Hex Hector & Jonathan Peters Club Mix) – 8:50 # "Idol" (Boy George & Kinky Roland Trance Your Arm Mix) – 6:40 # "Idol" (Boy George & Kinky Roland Gulub Dub) – 6:54 # "Idol" (Hex Hector & Jonathan Peters Dub) – 9:45 # "Idol" (Dark Globe Mix) – 7:09 # "Idol" (Album Version) – 4:45


Credits and personnel

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Amanda Ghost Amanda Louisa Gosein-Cameron (born 10 July 1974), known professionally as Amanda Ghost, is a British music executive, songwriter, singer, and former president of Epic Records (2009–10). Career Born in North London to a Gibraltarian mother an ...
– vocals, songwriting *
Ian Dench Ian Alec Harvey Dench (born 7 August 1964) is an English songwriter and musician. He was the guitarist and principal songwriter for EMF, who scored a major international hit reaching number 1 in the United States with " Unbelievable" in 1991. ...
- songwriting * Lukas Burton – songwriting, producer, music programming *
Sacha Skarbek Sacha Skarbek is a British songwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing James Blunt's hit singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover" as well as Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song), Wrecking Ball". Skarbek ...
– songwriting, co-producer * Steve Dub – co-producer * Nick Sykes – audio engineering


Charts


References

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