"Together We Are One" is a song written by

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and

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, produced by Guy Chambers and Richard Flack for the album '' Commonwealth Games: Melbourne 2006 Opening Ceremony'' (2006). Due to the positive response that Goodrem received when performing the song live for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, she was then asked to record the song as a commercial single.21 March 2006 "It's Confirmed! Delta To Release Together We Are One As Single"
''Deltagoodrem.com.au''. Retrieved 26 September 2008. She states the song is "for the athletes and all of us to come together and reach for our dreams and goals." It was released as a

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on 3 April 2006 and had success on the charts, peaking at number two. Goodrem states she was "honoured" when she was asked to write a song for the

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and to take part in the event itself "was such an amazing experience." She states that it is her favourite kind of song to write, with the inspiring lyrics, she says "When I sat down to write the song I was just hoping it was something that people would enjoy." She also wanted to write a tribute to all the participants in the games, "to say after all the toil, and the blood, sweat and tears, the time has finally arrived for them to be rewarded" that "we're all united by this moment."15 March 2006 "Delta Stars In Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony Spectacular; New Song Hits Radio Tomorrow"
''Deltagoodrem.com.au''. Retrieved 26 September 2008. She performed the song live at the 2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on 15 March 2006 which was watched by over four million viewers in Australia. The

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for the single is a montage of Goodrem's performance at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony as well as some sporting highlights of the Games. "Together We Are One" had commercial success in Australia. In early April 2006, it debuted at number two on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, being held off the top spot by " Flaunt It" by

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."Single Top 50 – 16 April 2006"
''Australian-charts.com''. Retrieved 26 September 2008. The single spent seventeen weeks in the top fifty and spent twenty-three weeks in the top one hundred."2006 End of Year report"
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''. Retrieved 26 September 2008. The

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awarded the single a gold certification for shipping 35,000 copies and went to become the forty-first highest selling single in Australia for 2006."ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2006 Singles"
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''. Retrieved 26 September 2008. The song has appeared on the 2006 version of

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as a group song for the top five finalists (

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, Chris Daughtry, and

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). The Song was again performed on the

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Finale as a farewell tribute to

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together by seven former American Idol champions:

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, and

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and more than 15 past contestants of

Track listing

Australian single #"Together We Are One" – 4:14 #"Fragile" (live at Visualise Tour 2005) – 3:30 #"Last Night on Earth" (live at Visualise Tour 2005) – 4:21 #"Together We Are One" (Celebration remix) – 4:14 – iTunes bonus track

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

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