This article is about the song by Ace Of Base, Donnie is also a diminutive form of the name Donald

Donald

Donald is a male given name. It is an anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic or Irish Gaelic personal name Domhnall, Dòmhnall, Dumhnuil and/or Dónall. This contains the elements dumno meaning "world" and val meaning "rule" . Compare Dumnorix...

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"Donnie" was the second single released in Japan from the album Flowers

Flowers (Ace of Base album)

A re-release of the record in UK saw "Cecilia" replaced with "Cecilia " and "Cruel Summer " replaced with "Everytime It Rains"-Australian release:#"Cruel Summer "#"Donnie "...

by Swedish pop band Ace of Base

Ace of Base

Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...

. Stations began to play the song in Autumn 1998.

Promo CD (BMG Japan PDTD-1198)

1. Donnie 3:47
2. Whenever You're Near Me 3:32

Despite the existence of a more radio-friendly edit of the song found on Australian versions of the Flowers record (3:33 in length), Ace of Base's Japanese label opted with the 3:47 album version to promote the song.

Music Video

No video was filmed.

No commercial single was ever released, and the chart trajectory for Donnie is unknown. The DJ CD also contains the American version of the song "Life Is a Flower

Life is a Flower

"Life Is a Flower" is a song by Ace of Base, released as their first single from their 1998 album Flowers. The song was released in the US with different lyrics, titled "Whenever You're Near Me" and in a different key. The single sold 264,000 copies in the UK.-Music Video:A music video was...

" titled "Whenever You're Near Me

Whenever You're Near Me

"Whenever You're Near Me" was the second single from Ace of Base's third American record, Cruel Summer. The original version of the song was called Life Is a Flower and was a huge hit in Europe and Japan...

", which had previously been unavailable to Japanese audiences.
All Available Versions:

1. Euro Album Version 4:40
2. US Album Version (Ole Evenrude Mix) 3:47
3. Australian Album Version (Ole Evenrude Edit) 3:33
4. Demo Version 5:47