"Release Me" is a song performed by Australian singer-songwriter, Zoë Badwi

Zoe Badwi

Zoë Badwi is an Australian dance singer-songwriter, model and actress.-Early life:Before her career in music began, Badwi spent time modelling and featured in a series of television commercials including advertisements for Telstra and Mars Bars...

. The single was co-written by Badwi, Ivan Gough and Grant Smillie. It was released digitally on November 15, 2008. "Release Me" reached number one on the ARIA Clubs Chart

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 and received two nominations including "Best Dance Release" at the 2009 ARIA Music Awards

ARIA Music Awards of 2009

The 23rd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards took place on 26 November 2009 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex. The ceremony was telecast on the Nine Network at 8:30pm that night...

 and "Dance Work of the Year" at the 2010 APRA Awards

APRA Awards

The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia and New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually....

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Background

In an interview with Auspop, Badwi stated that while she was playing with her band at a venue in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Grant Smillie of Australian duo TV Rock

TV Rock

TV Rock are an Australian dance music duo consisting of Grant Smillie and Ivan Gough.TV Rock entered the mainstream in February 2006 with their hit "Flaunt It" featuring Seany B. which reached #1 for 5 weeks and spent 39 weeks in the Australian ARIA Top 50...

 was having a Sunday afternoon drink and that she saw him tapping his foot. "He came up to me afterwards and he said You’re great, do you write your own stuff?. I said, yeah, I sure do and he said, I’ll send you some beats – and we’ll see what happens. So he sent me some beats and I wrote "Release Me" and went around to sing it to him and the other guy from TV Rock [Ivan Gough] and they both just said yep, we love it."

Music video

The music video for "Release Me" was filmed during a performance by Badwi at the Sensation Dance Party

Sensation (event)

Sensation is an indoor electronic dance music event which originated in the Netherlandsand organized by ID&T. The original event, which ran exclusively in the Amsterdam ArenA for a period of five years until 2005, is now located throughout Poland, Spain, Austria, Chile, Germany, Belgium, Hungary,...

 on New Year's Eve 2008. She explained, "They were just looking for someone to sing on the new years eve countdown. And then they asked me and we thought it was being filmed anyway, we should see about using that as my film clip for the single. Turns out they used it as promo for the party all over the world." It was released on January 15, 2009.

Charts

"Release Me" reached number one on the ARIA Clubs Chart

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 and stayed in that position for seven weeks.

Chart (2008)	Peak position
ARIA Clubs Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	1

Track listings

• Digital download

1. Release Me (TV Rock
   TV Rock
   TV Rock are an Australian dance music duo consisting of Grant Smillie and Ivan Gough.TV Rock entered the mainstream in February 2006 with their hit "Flaunt It" featuring Seany B. which reached #1 for 5 weeks and spent 39 weeks in the Australian ARIA Top 50...
   
    Edit) - 3:26
2. Release Me (J Nitti Mix) - 6:22

• Italy vinyl

1. Release Me (TV Rock edit) - 6:45
2. Release Me (Mind Electric Mix) - 5:38
3. Release Me (J Nitti Mix) - 6:22
4. Release Me (Ryan Riback "Raise Your Hands" Mix) - 6:34

• UK CDr

1. Release Me (Radio Edit) - 3:31
2. Release Me (TV Rock Mix) - 6:50
3. Release Me (J Nitti Mix) - 6:27
4. Release Me (Ryan Riback Mix) - 6:39
5. Release Me (Mind Electric 12" Mix) - 5:41
6. Release Me (Mind Electric Dub Mix) - 5:41

• AUS/UK Remixes

1. Release Me (UK Radio Edit) - 3:04
2. Release Me (TV Rock Edit) - 6:45
3. Release Me (Cahill
   Cahill (band)
   Cahill are a dance group, based in Liverpool, UK consisting of producers Anton Powers, Tim Condran and Scott Rosser. They are best known for their 2008 single, Trippin' On You, which features vocals from Nikki Belle.-Background:...
   
    Radio Edit) - 3:30
4. Release Me (Cahill Club Mix) - 6:23
5. Release Me (Pitron & Sanna Mix) - 8:15
6. Release Me (Neils Van Gogh Mix) - 6:07

Release history

Country	Date	Format
Italy	6 November, 2008	Vinyl
Australia	15 November, 2008	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
United Kingdom	2009 & 24 October 2010	CDr CDR - Medicine and health care :*Clinical data repository, a medical database system designed to provide a realtime summary of a patient's condition*Clinical Dementia Rating...  & Digital Download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...