Peak
21
Weeks
20
Score
2,908
Chart Year
1996
Billboard ascribes the final stage of the composition's promotion to the airing of its accompanying music video on music television networks such as MTV Europe and Germany's VIVA.[1] Two videos were produced, the first was directed by Matt Amos and premiered in November 1995. It features black-and-white footage of a small girl riding in a car through a diverse range of landscape. The locations are London (Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square), Paris (the Eiffel Tower can be seen), Geneva (place du Molard, rue Coutance), Morges (marina with small towers) and countryside in Switzerland (where Miles was born), and France and Italy near the Mont-Blanc Tunnel. The second video, filmed on location in New York, was directed by Elizabeth Bailey and premiered in February 1996. It was filmed in colour and alternates between images of Miles DJing at a nightclub rave and images of children at play, thereby touching upon both of the themes of the instrumenta
"Children" is an instrumental composition by Italian composer Robert Miles. It was first released in Italy in January 1995 as part of the EP Soundtracks on Joe Vannelli's DBX label, but it did not chart.[1] Vannelli brought the track to a nightclub in Miami where it was heard by Simon Berry of Platipus Records. Berry worked with Vannelli and James Barton (of Liverpool's Cream nightclub) to release the composition in November 1995 as the lead single from Miles's debut album, Dreamland (1996).[1] "Children" was certified gold and platinum in several countries and reached number one in more than 12 countries; it was Europe's most successful single of 1996.
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 11, 1996 | 75 | 51 |
| 2 | May 18, 1996 | 54 | 72 |
| 3 | May 25, 1996 | 39 | 87 |
| 4 | Jun 1, 1996 | 33 | 93 |
| 5 | Jun 8, 1996 | 31 | 95 |
| 6 | Jun 15, 1996 | 27 | 99 |
| 7 | Jun 22, 1996 | 25 | 101 |
| 8 | Jun 29, 1996 | 24 | 102 |
| 9 | Jul 6, 1996 | 24 | 102 |
| 10 | Jul 13, 1996 | 21 | 105 |
| 11 | Jul 20, 1996 | 21 | 105 |
| 12 | Jul 27, 1996 | 21 | 105 |
| 13 | Aug 3, 1996 | 25 | 101 |
| 14 | Aug 10, 1996 | 21 | 105 |
| 15 | Aug 17, 1996 | 25 | 101 |
| 16 | Aug 24, 1996 | 28 | 98 |
| 17 | Aug 31, 1996 | 32 | 94 |
| 18 | Sep 7, 1996 | 34 | 92 |
| 19 | Sep 14, 1996 | 44 | 82 |
| 20 | Sep 21, 1996 | 48 | 78 |