"Frantic" is a song by Australian

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artist

Jamie O'Neal Jamie O'Neal (born 3 June 1968) is an Australian-American country music singer and songwriter. In 2000, O'Neal released her first studio album, '' Shiver''. The album included the back-to-back number one singles " There Is No Arizona" and " Wh ...

. The song was written by O'Neal, Lisa Drew, and Shaye Smith, which was the same writing team as her number one single "

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"; it was also produced by

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. It was released on March 11, 2002, via

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, as the fifth and final single from her debut studio album ''Shiver'' (2000). It reached number 41, becoming her first single to chart outside the top-forty.

Music video

Keech Rainwater directed the video for "Frantic". It debuted to CMT on March 24, 2002. It was the 11th most popular video on the channel for the week of April 7, 2002.

Critical reception

The song was favorably reviewed. Kevin Oliver of ''

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'' compared the song to the music of

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during the 1970s, saying she "reveals a Dolly-esque warble." Rick Cohoon of

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noted it, along with "Sanctuary", "

", and "

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", were the only songs memorable, he said verbatim.

Commercial performance

"Frantic" debuted on the US ''Billboard''

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chart the week of March 16, 2002, at number 49, the second highest debut of the week. It reached a peak position of number 41 for the week of May 4, 2002, becoming O'Neal's first single to miss the top-forty of the chart.

Charts

Track listing

Personnel

Taken from the ''Shiver'' booklet. *

– vocals, background vocals, writing * Lisa Drew – writing * Shaye Smith – writing *

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– electric guitar *

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– drums *

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– bass *

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– acoustic guitar *

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– piano *

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– fiddle *

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– percussion *

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– mandolin * Kim Parent – background vocals *

– production

References

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