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''. The song was played during an episode broadcast in 2012 where the character Bing Mauricius is in a coma. The song became hugely popular with the Dutch public resulting in Simons' first charting hit reaching No. 10 on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart and the top 10 of the Dutch Top 40 chart. The album ''Pieces'' picked up steam appearing on the Dutch Albums Top 100 chart. ''Pieces'' follows Simons' independent EP released in 2010 titled ''Living Proof''.

Track listing

#"Emotionally Involved" (3:11) #"Gone" (3:42) #"Let Me Go On" (3:19) #"

" (3:38) #"Pieces" (3:28) #"Miss You More" (4:36) #"Best Years" (3:20) #"

" (3:55) #"Fall in Line" (Live in studio) (3:23) #"Pieces" (Acoustic) (3:47)

Charts

References

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