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"Carrie" is a power ballad by the Swedish rock band Europe released in 1987. It was the third single released internationally from the album The Final Countdown, and it is their highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart—peaking at #3 (#1 on the Radio and Records chart) during the fall of 1987. It also reached #36 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[4] The track on the B-side of the 7" single was "Love Chaser".

"Carrie"
Single by Europe
from the album The Final Countdown
B-side	"Love Chaser"
Released	January 1987 April 1987 (UK) July 1987 (US) [1]
Genre	Glam metal[2]
Length	4:30 (album version) 3:09 (radio edit) 3:50[3] (demo version)
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Mic Michaeli Joey Tempest
Producer(s)	Kevin Elson
Europe singles chronology
"Rock the Night" (1986) "Carrie" (1987) "Cherokee" (1987)
Music video
"Carrie" on YouTube

The song was written by Joey Tempest and Mic Michaeli in 1985. An early version of the song that consisted of just keyboards and vocals, was played on a tour in Sweden the same year. The demo version was similar, but the final version that was included on the album The Final Countdown included the whole band playing.

On Europe tours following the band's reunion in 2003, an acoustic version of "Carrie" has been played, with Tempest performing the song on an acoustic guitar. In recent years, however, the band has switched back to the arrangement of the album version. A performance of the acoustic version can be found on the Live from the Dark DVD and a performance of the album version can be found on the Live at Shepherd's Bush, London DVD.

Personnel

• Joey Tempest − vocals
• John Norum − guitar
• John Levén − bass
• Mic Michaeli − keyboard
• Ian Haugland − drums

Chart positions

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart[5]	15
Canada RPM Top 100 Singles[6]	9
Dutch Top 40[7]	14
French Singles Chart[8]	11
German Singles Chart[9]	22
Irish Singles Chart[10]	10
Swiss Singles Chart[11]	10
Poland (LP3)[12]	1
UK Singles Chart[13]	22
US Billboard Hot 100[14]	3
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[15]	35
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[4]	36

Year-end chart (1987)	Position
Poland (LP3)[16]	20
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[17]	56

References

На других языках

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- [en] Carrie (Europe song)

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[es] Carrie (canción)

«Carrie» es una power ballad interpretada por la banda de hard rock sueca Europe. La canción está incluida en su tercer álbum de estudio The Final Countdown (1986). Se lanzó internacionalmente bajo el sello discográfico Epic Records en enero de 1987.

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