Promotion and Chart Performance
In Australia the song was released without the promotion of the new band member Natalie Bassingthwaighte because they wanted to release it knowing that people were buying it because they liked the song instead of buying it for 'celebrity value' (Bassingthwaite was starring in Neighbours at the time of the single's release).
"Voodoo Child" debuted at #20 on the Australian ARIA Charts singles chart, and by its third week had ascended into the top ten peaking at #9. In its eighth week, "Voodoo Child" ascended to its peak position at #4 and was certified Platinum by ARIA. "Voodoo child" spent an overall 21 weeks on the chart and is to date the group's most successful single. In New Zealand, "Voodoo Child" also debuted at #20, becoming the group's first entry and so far only on the chart. "Voodoo Child" peaked at #7 for two consecutive weeks there, becoming the group's first top ten hit there, and spent a total of 16 weeks on the chart. "Voodoo Child" was later released in the UK in July 2006, and debuted at #18 based on download sales one week prior to its physical release. "Voodoo Child" ascended and peaked within the top 3 at #3 the following week, to become the group's first and so far only top 3 hit. "Voodoo Child" has also peaked at #15 in Ireland becoming the group's first top twenty hit there.
This song was used in the "The Sound of Drums", a 2007 episode of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who, played diegetically during the climactic final scene of the episode. The song's lyrics are referred to by the episode's title and the Master himself as he sets his plan in motion.
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Famous quotes containing the words promotion, chart and/or performance:
“Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with a couple of other people, or that your Oscar was for supporting actress, not really for a starring role. More subtly, they can cheer your successes too wildly, forcing you into the awkward realization that your achievement of merely graduating or getting the promotion did not warrant the fireworks and brass band.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)
“Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
“So long as the source of our identity is external—vested in how others judge our performance at work, or how others judge our children’s performance, or how much money we make—we will find ourselves hopelessly flawed, forever short of the ideal.”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)