Reception
The song became Williams' first number-one single in the United Kingdom, shipping over 400,000 copies and being certified gold by the BPI. The song also became an international success; it managed to break into the Top 40 around the world. It also became Williams' first song to chart inside the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 when it was released in 1999. However, neither it nor "Angels" (the song chosen as his second single in the United States) charted in the US Top 40.
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“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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