Promises (The Cranberries song)

"Promises"
"Promises"
Single by the Cranberries
from the album Bury the Hatchet
B-side	"The Sweetest Thing"
Released	22 March 1999
Length	5:27 (album version); 3:30 (radio edit);
Label	Island; Mercury;
Songwriter(s)	Dolores O'Riordan
Producer(s)	Benedict Fenner; The Cranberries;
The Cranberries singles chronology
Alternate covers
	UK CD single 1
Music video
	"Promises" on YouTube

"Promises" is a rock song by Irish rock band the Cranberries. It is the first single from the band's fourth album, Bury the Hatchet, released in 1999. The song was the only single from the album to chart in the US and the last single before their hiatus. The song, which has a heavy rock beat with strident lead guitar, deals with the subject of divorce. A music video involving a cowboy confronting a witch/scarecrow hybrid (played by Maïwenn), directed by Olivier Dahan, was released to promote the single.

"Promises" became the band's ninth and last UK top-forty hit, reaching number 13 on the UK Singles Charts and number 19 in Ireland. Elsewhere, the song peaked atop the Spanish Singles Chart and reached the top 20 in Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland while also charting in several other European countries.