The Opera Song (Brave New World)

The Opera Song (Brave New World) is a 2003 single by Jurgen Vries and Charlotte Church. She was credited as CMC because her label was concerned about the press' reaction if her change from classical flopped. It reached a peak of number three on the UK Singles Chart in January 2003 and was the 70th best-selling single of the year in that country. It also reached number 25 in Ireland and number 62 in Australia.

"The Opera Song (Brave New World)"
Single by Jurgen Vries and CMC
ReleasedJanuary 2003
Recorded2003 at Gula Studion, Sweden
GenreTrance
Length3:35
LabelSony-BMG
Charlotte Church singles chronology
"Just Wave Hello"
(1999)		 "The Opera Song (Brave New World)"
(2003)		 "Crazy Chick"
(2005)
Jurgen Vries singles chronology
"The Theme"
(2002)		 "The Opera Song (Brave New World)"
(2003)		 "Destination"
(2003)

Music video

The music video for the song was animated and saw a computer-animated version of Charlotte Church running through a futuristic town to meet up with Jurgen Vries.

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 62
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[2] 13
Ireland (IRMA)[3] 25
Ireland Dance (IRMA)[4] 2
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[5] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] 3
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[7] 3

Year-end charts
Chart (2003) Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8] 70

References
  1. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  2. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 21 no. 7. 8 February 2003. p. 11. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – The Opera Song (Brave New World)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  4. "Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 23 January 2003". GfK Chart-Track. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  7. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  8. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2003" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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