M2M - THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY

THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY

M2M

SONGWRITERS: LARSEN MARIL ELISABETH & RAVN MARION ELISE

COUNTRY: NORWAY

ALBUM: THE BEST OF M2M

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 2003

 

          M2M were a Norwegian pop duo comprising Marit Larsen and Marion Raven. Larsen and Raven had been friends since the age of five, and formed a music duo when they were eight. They released a children's album in 1996 when Larsen was 12 and Raven was 11, under the name "Marit & Marion". The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award and the band changed their name to M2M after signing a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1998. M2M were frequently praised for writing most of their songs and performing their own instruments, something which was considered to set them aside from the majority of teen pop music artists.

        Their debut single, "Don't Say You Love Me"(1999), was both a critical and commercial success, and remained their biggest hit. Their debut album, Shades of Purple(2000), was critically acclaimed and sold over 1.5 million units worldwide. Despite critical acclaim, their second album, The Big Room(2001), did not perform as well commercially, and the duo broke up in 2002, with each pursuing a solo career. A greatest hits album, The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M(2003), was released after they disbanded. M2M sold over 2 million albums.

        The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M is a greatest hits compilation album by Norwegian teen-pop duo M2M. It was released in 2003 after M2M disbanded in 2002.

        The compilation includes all of their singles from their two studio albums Shades of Purple and The Big Room, acoustic versions of some other songs and popular album tracks. It also contains a Mandarin Chinese version of their song "Pretty Boy" and a Spanish version of "Everything You Do". "Everything" is also shortened without the faded out ending and "Everything You Do" was completely re-recorded with new vocals. It also has the previously unreleased songs, "Not to Me" and "Is You". The song "Wait for Me" is also included, which was previously an Australian bonus track for The Big Room. A DVD is included with the album, which contains music videos and a featurette, as well as footage of M2M in Bangkok and Norway.

        Marisa Brown from AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, concluding "It's way more M2M than is necessary, but it certainly does the job of giving the best of them." The liner notes include lyrics to the songs; however, there is a mistake in the lyrics for "Don't Say You Love Me", as the notes contain the lyrics from the version of the song that appeared on Pokémon: The First Movie, whereas the album includes the version that appeared on Shades of Purple.

Oh-oh

Mmm

Well I wonder could it be

When I was dreaming 'bout you baby, you were dreaming of me

Call me crazy

Call me blind

To still be suffering is stupid after all of this time

Did I lose my love to someone better

And does she love you like I do, I do

You know I really really do

 

Well hey, so much I need to say

Been lonely since the day

The day you went away

So sad but true for me there's only you

Been crying since the day

The day you went away

Oh wow, yeah heh heh oh oh oh

 

I remember date and time

September 22, Sunday, 25 after nine

In the doorway with your case

No longer shouting at each other there were tears on our faces

And we were letting go of something special

Something we'll never have again

I know I guess I really really know

 

Well hey, so much I need to say

Been lonely since the day

The day you went away

So sad but true for me there's only you

Been crying since the day

The day you went away

The day you went away

The day you went away

 

Oh wow, yeah heh heh oh oh oh oh

Did I lose my love to someone better

And does she love you like I do, I do

You know I really really do

 

Well hey, so much I need to say

Been lonely since the day

The day you went away

So sad but true for me there's only you

Been crying since the day

The day you went away

 

Why do we never know what we've got 'til it's gone?

How could I carry on?

The day you went away

 

'Cause I've been missing you so much I have to say

Been crying since the day

The day you went away

The day you went away

The day you went away.