Promises, Promises (Incubus song)

"Promises, Promises" is the second single released by the American alternative rock band, Incubus from their seventh studio album, If Not Now, When? The single was released in 2011.

Song meaning

According to Incubus lead vocalist, Brandon Boyd: "Promises, Promises, is a story about a girl and a guy — go figure — and the girl has built up so much armor around herself with the things that she knows how to do...And so, I used these metaphors in the song of, like, magic, like she's an illusionist, so she creates these illusions around her...And she's gotten so good at it that she meets somebody who potentially could be someone that could help her break through those illusions and those walls, she can't really recognize that he could be the real thing, or they could be the real thing, so she's asking him for one thing: 'Don't make me any promises."

Track listing

Promotional Single

"Promises, Promises" (Album Version)

7" Single

"Promises, Promises" (Album Version)
"Rebel Girls"

Chart performance

"Promises, Promises" peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and No. 24 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart.

References

^ "Incubus Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
"Incubus 'Unpack' From Hiatus With 'Promises, Promises' - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
"Incubus – Promises, Promises (2011, Made in the EU, Vinyl)".

v t e Incubus
Brandon Boyd Mike Einziger José Pasillas Chris Kilmore Nicole Row Alex Katunich Gavin Koppel Ben Kenney
Studio albums	Fungus Amongus S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Make Yourself Morning View A Crow Left of the Murder... Light Grenades If Not Now, When? 8
EPs	Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout Root Beer Enjoy Incubus When Incubus Attacks Volume 1 Trust Fall (Side A) Trust Fall (Side B)
Live albums	Live at Lollapalooza 2003 Live in Japan 2004 Live in Sweden 2004 Live in Malaysia 2004
Compilations	Monuments and Melodies HQ Live Box Set The Essential Incubus
Singles	"Take Me to Your Leader" "New Skin" "Pardon Me" "Stellar" "Drive" "Wish You Were Here" "Nice to Know You" "Warning" "Are You In?" "Megalomaniac" "Talk Shows on Mute" "Make a Move" "Anna Molly" "Dig" "Oil and Water" "Love Hurts" "Black Heart Inertia" "Let's Go Crazy" "Adolescents" "Promises, Promises" "Absolution Calling" "Nimble Bastard"
DVDs	When Incubus Attacks Volume 2 The Morning View Sessions Alive at Red Rocks Look Alive CD/DVD Incubus HQ Live CD/DVD
Related	Discography Audiovent "The Odyssey" 11th Annual Honda Civic Tour
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