"Eternal Flame"
Single by The Bangles
from the album Everything
Released	1989
Format	Vinyl record (7"), CD (3")
Recorded	Ocean Way, Studio 55
Genre	Pop
Length	3:56
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Davitt Sigerson
Peak chart positions
#1 (Australia, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, US, UK) #2 (Switzerland) #4 (Germany) #5 (Austria)
The Bangles singles chronology
"Eternal Flame" (1989) "Be With You" (1989)

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History

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It spent one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, preceded by "The Living Years" by Mike + The Mechanics and followed by "The Look" by Roxette, spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart, preceded by "Like a Prayer" by Madonna and followed by "Hand on Your Heart" by Kylie Minogue, and spent seven weeks at the #1 position in the Dutch Top 40. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Living Years is the only number one song recorded by Mike & the Mechanics. ... Mike + The Mechanics are an English rock/pop band formed in 1985 as a side-project of Mike Rutherford, a founding member of Genesis, that became a successful band in its own right. ... Cover of The Look single release The Look, written by Per Gessle and released as a single in late 1988, is considered to be Roxettes international breakthrough, finally exposing the duo to music consumers outside of its native Sweden and Europe after more than one attempt. ... Roxette is a Swedish pop double act, sometimes rock influenced, that consists of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... This article is about the 1989 single by Madonna. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Hand On Your Heart was a single released from singer Kylie Minogues second album Enjoy Yourself. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian dance-pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ... The Dutch Top 40 (Dutch: Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart, which started as the Veronica Top 40, because the pirate radio channel Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. ...

Track lists

Charts

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Credits

• Writers: Susanna Hoffs, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
• Producer: Davitt Sigerson
• Recorded by: John Beverly Jones
• Mixed by: Frank Filipetti

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Cover versions

Atomic Kitten

"Eternal Flame"
Single by Atomic Kitten
from the album Right Now
Released	March 12, 2001
Format	CD single, digital download
Recorded	December 2000
Genre	Pop Rock Hip Hop
Length	2:54
Label	Polydor
Peak chart positions
#1 (Belgium, New Zealand, UK) #2 (France, Ireland, Sweden) #3 (Austria) #5 (Germany, Portugal)
Atomic Kitten chronology
"Whole Again" (2001)	"Eternal Flame" (2001)	"It's OK" (2002)
Atomic Kitten New Zealand singles chronology
"Whole Again" (2001)	"Eternal Flame" (2001)	"You Are" (2001)

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History

A cover version by Atomic Kitten from the Right Now album was released as a single and reached number one for two weeks in the UK charts in 2001. Susanna Hoffs liked the cover version and she subsequently teamed up with Atomic Kitten and wrote "Love Doesn't Have to Hurt" for their next album Feels So Good. Atomic Kitten are an English girl group from Liverpool composed of Liz Lil McClarnon, Natasha Tash Hamilton, and Jenny Frost - who replaced original member Kerry Katona in January 2001. ... Right Now is the first album by Atomic Kitten and features the hit singles Right Now, See Ya, I Want Your Love, Follow Me and Whole Again. When Kerry Katona left the band she was replaced by Jenny Frost. ... Feels So Good was also the name of a song recorded by Chuck Mangione. ...

Track listing

Charts

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Other covers

Cover of "Eternal Flame" by Rollergirl.

• The song has been covered in 1999 by the Australian group Human Nature on the Counting Down album.
• The song has been covered in 2000 by Rollergirl on the Now I'm Singin'... And The Party Keeps On Rollin' and released as a single which peaked at #87 in the Swiss Charts^[6]
• A cover version has been made in 2005 by the Filipino acoustic duo M.Y.M.P. on the Versions album.
• The song has been covered in 2005 by the Portuguese Power Metal band Oratory (band) on the "Interludium" EP
• The song has been covered in 2006 by Lena Hanenberg on the Love Songs album
• The song has been covered in 2004 by Beni Arashiro on her "Infinite..." single
• The song has been covered in 2005 by Jeremy Udden on his "Torchsongs" album

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Solo and Live Performances

• An a cappella version of this song was performed by The Night Owls as a part of Comedy Central Presents: Zach Galifianakis, which was shown on September 17, 2001.
• A reggae version of Eternal Flame was performed by Wayne Wonder
• A jazz version of this song was performed by Laura Fygi
• A Japanese rendition of Eternal Flame was performed by Seiko Matsuda
• The song was also performed in 2006 by one of the Canadian Idol, Ashley Coulter
• It was also performed in the Star Academy by Cynthia, Elfy, and Dominique
• Finally, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal's character sang an abbreviated a cappella version in the independent film Sherrybaby.

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References

Additional sources used:

• The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (5th edition)

External link

• The Bangles official website