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“Promises” by Nero
“Promises” by Nero appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2011. Its best result is #19 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #276 alternative song of 2011.
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Nero's "Promises" landed in 2011 as the fourth track on Welcome Reality, the British trio's debut album, and went out on Mercury as the single between "Guilt" and "Crush on You." It went straight in at the top of the UK Singles Chart, the group's first number one and a dubstep record ruling the pop chart, even though its 46,700 first-week sales were the lowest for a number one in 97 weeks.
The song kept finding new ears long after: a Hewlett-Packard TV ad carried it across the UK, France, the US and Latin America, it scored trailers for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, and it showed up in the 2013 game Saints Row IV. It drew an Ivor Novello nomination for Best Contemporary Song, and the Skrillex and Nero remix won the Grammy for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical in 2013.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 | 100 |
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