"Release Me" is a song made by the

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indie pop group Oh Laura, released as a

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in 2007. The single is first off in Oh Laura's debut album, ''A Song Inside My Head, a Demon in My Bed''. ''Oh Laura'' won the Sopot International Song Festival in 2008 with the song.

Remixes

The Swedish band The Attic also recorded a remix of "Release Me" featuring Oh Laura. It appears in the EP ''Release Me, The Attic Remix'' that contains for remix tracks: #"Release Me" (The Attic Remix) (3:35) #"Release Me" (Remix) (3:43) #"Release Me" (The Attic Extended Remix) (8:01) #"Release Me" (Extended Remix) (7:14)

In popular culture

*The song appeared in a Saab commercial for the Saab 9-3

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model, which was aired in

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and the

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and later also in

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. *

Martin Halla Martin Halla (born 4 June 1988 in Aurskog, Norway) is a Norwegian singer who, on 25 May 2012, won the inaugural series of ''The Voice – Norges beste stemme'', the Norwegian version of ''The Voice'' in 2012 and was broadcast on TV2. He was part ...

sang the song in the semi-finals of ''

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'' the inaugural season of the Norwegian '' The Voice''. His version of "Release Me" peaked at number 7 on

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, the Norwegian Singles Chart.

Charts

Oh Laura version Martin Halla version

References

{{reflist 2007 singles 2012 singles Oh Laura songs 2007 songs