The Little Voice

"The Little Voice"
Single by Sahlene
from the album It's Been a While
B-side	"Hush Hush"
Released	2000
Format	CD single
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:11
Label	Roadrunner Arcade
Writer(s)	Kara DioGuardi, Patrik Berger
Sahlene singles chronology
"Fifth Element" "The Little Voice" (2000) "Fishies"

"The Little Voice" is a song recorded by Swedish pop rock singer Sahlene. The song was written by American songwriter Kara DioGuardi and Patrik Berger. Released as her first solo single in 2000, the song picked up significant airplay in the Scandinavian regions. It peaked at number fifty-one on the singles chart in Sweden.^[1][2]

Release

Although the single received airplay, Sahlene's record company went bankrupt before the release of her debut album, and the album was shelved.^[3] But, in 2003 she finally released her debut album It's Been a While, which contained "The Little Voice".^[3] The Little Voice, had heavy promotion and an accompanying music video was also released. The music video features Sahlene in a laboratory like set, walking around and scenes of her performing the song is also shown.

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4]	51

Hilary Duff version

"Little Voice"
Single by Hilary Duff
from the album Metamorphosis
B-side	"Party Up"
Released	May 8, 2004[5]
Format	CD single
Recorded	2003
Length	3:03
Label	Buena Vista Hollywood
Writer(s)	Kara DioGuardi Patrik Berger
Producer(s)	Chico Bennett Kara DioGuardi
Hilary Duff singles chronology
"Come Clean" (2004) "Little Voice" (2004) "Our Lips Are Sealed" (2004)

"Little Voice" is a song recorded by American singer Hilary Duff for her second studio album, Metamorphosis (2003). It was released as the third and final single from the album on May 8, 2004 in Australia and New Zealand^[6] and June 4 in Netherlands.^[7] The song was produced by Chico Bennett and DioGuardi. The song peaked at number twenty-nine in Australia and also peaked at eighteen in Netherlands.^[8]

Music video

The music video for the song was taken from the The Girl Can Rock Tour DVD.

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
scope="row"	Australia (ARIA)[9]	29
scope="row"	Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10]	80

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Australia[5]	May 8, 2004	Maxi single, Digital download	Hollywood
New Zealand[5]
Netherland[7]	June 4, 2004

Other version

Mexican pop group RBD recorded a Spanish and Portuguese cover of "The Little Voice", titled "Tu Dulce Voz" and "Sua Doce Voz" (Your Sweet Voice), which is included on their third studio album, Celestial (2006) and "Celestial - versão Brasil".. In 2007, RBD recorded an English cover of "Little Voice" for inclusion on their second English language studio album, Celestial (Japanese version).

References

1. "Sahlene - The Little Voice (song)". swedishcharts.com.
2. Franzén, Mattias. "Anna Sahlin - topline writer dependent on inspiration". STIM. 1 September 2005.
3. "Anna Sahlene Biography". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
4. "Swedishcharts.com – Sahlene – The Little Voice". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
5. "Hilary Duff – Little Voice (Australia & New Zealand)". Discogs. 2004-01-12. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
6. "Little Voice, Pt. 1 [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT]". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 14, 2007.
7. "Hilary Duff – Little Voice (Europe)". Discogs. 2004-01-12. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
8. "Hilary Duff - Little Voice". aCharts.us.
9. "Australian-charts.com – Hilary Duff – Little Voice". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Hilary Duff search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.