"Almost Lover" is the first single released from A Fine Frenzy

A Fine Frenzy

Alison Sudol , known professionally as A Fine Frenzy , is a US alternative singer and songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, One Cell in the Sea, was released on July 17, 2007, and peaked at number 91 on the Billboard 200 chart...

's debut album One Cell in the Sea

One Cell in the Sea

One Cell in the Sea is the first studio album by A Fine Frenzy , released under Virgin Records on July 17, 2007...

. The single experienced success in Europe.

The single was a huge success in Slovenia, being one of the most popular songs of 2008 there, along with Duffy

Duffy (singer)

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's Mercy

Mercy

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. However, Slovenia

Slovenia

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 has no official singles chart as singles are not sold there. On all unofficial airplay-only charts, the song reached number one.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Almost Lover".

CD Single

1. "Almost Lover" (Radio Edit) - 4:17

CD Maxi

1. "Almost Lover" (Radio Edit) - 4:17
2. "Almost Lover" (Instrumental) - 4:33
3. "Whisper" - 4:56

Versions

1. Almost Lover (Album version)

2. Almost Lover (Instrumental)

3. Almost Lover (Radio Edit)

4. Almost Lover (Radio Mix)

5. Almost Lover (Video Mix)

6. Almost Lover (2nd Version)

7. Almost Lover (Eric Ivan Rosse Remix)
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Charts

Chart	Peak position
Slovenia	1
Austria	5
Germany	8
Switzerland	10
Poland	12
Europe Hot Singles Chart	22
Czech Republic	40
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U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	23
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...	76

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Rank
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	28

Music video

There are two music videos made for the single. The first one sees A Fine Frenzy playing a piano in the forest, sitting in the middle of a stream. Suddenly rocks start to fly up to the sky. Later we see that parts of the piano start to detach from each other. The second video was directed by the Nee Brothers

Nee Brothers

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. In this version we see A Fine Frenzy behind glass doors. She plays a dirty piano as she recalls her almost lover from the past. We see flashbacks of the pair on the beach. The video was later edited to fit a new video mix.

Misc.

The Album Version of the song is piano version which has a length of 4 minutes and 28 seconds. The single Version uses extra percussion to this song. The length of it is 3 minutes and 38 seconds.