Carrie (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Carrie


Caption =
Artist = Europe
from Album = The Final Countdown
A-side =
B-side = "Love Chaser"
Released = January 1987
Format = CD single 7" Single 12" Single
Recorded =
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 4:30
Label = Epic Records
Writer = Joey Tempest / Mic Michaeli
Producer = Kevin Elson
Certification =
Chart position =
* #3 (USA, 1987)
* #22 (UK)
Last single = "Rock the Night" (1986)
This single = "Carrie" (1987)
Next single = "Cherokee" (1987)
Misc =

"Carrie" is a 1987 hit single released by the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was the third single released internationally from the album "The Final Countdown", and was number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the USA during the fall of 1987. The track on the B-side of the 7" single was "Love Chaser".

The song was co-written by vocalist Joey Tempest and keyboardist Mic Michaeli in 1985. An early version of the song that consisted of just keyboards and vocals, was played on a tour in Sweden the same year. The demo version was similar, but the final version that was included on the album "The Final Countdown" included the whole band playing.

On recent Europe tours, an acoustic version of "Carrie" has been played, with Tempest performing the song on an acoustic guitar.

Personnel

*Joey Tempest − vocals
*John Norum − guitars
*John Levén − bass guitar
*Mic Michaeli − keyboards
*Ian Haugland − drums