Travel to Romantis explained

Travel to Romantis
Cover:	Ace of Base - Travel to Romantis.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Ace of Base
Album:	Flowers
Released:	16 November 1998
Studio:	The Barn Studio, Gothenburg Skylab Studio
Genre:	Eurodance^[1] pop
Length:	4:07
Label:	Mega Records Polydor
Producer:	Johnny Jam & Delgado Jonas Berggren
Prev Title:	Whenever You're Near Me
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Always Have, Always Will
Next Year:	1998

"Travel to Romantis" is the third single from Flowers, an album by Swedish pop band Ace of Base. The song was released on 16 November 1998 in Germany and Scandinavia and followed the singles "Life Is a Flower" and "Cruel Summer".

Critical reception

Quentin Harrison of Albumism said in his retrospective review of Flowers, that the band "construct whole worlds of ennui and escapism for listeners to experience" via songs like "Travel to Romantis".^[2] Swedish newspaper Expressen commented that it "is Neil Sedakas One Way Ticket (to the Blues) such as one early Modern Talking would have made it."^[3] Gary Shipes from The Stuart News described it as "a frothy gallop which reintroduces early '90s Eurodance to late '90s ennui."^[4]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. The video was directed by Andy Neumann. Linn Berggren appeared in the video, however only for a few seconds.

Tracks

Scandinavia

CD single

1. Travel to Romantis
2. Whenever You're Near Me (Previously Unreleased) 3:32

Maxi CD

1. Travel to Romantis (Album Version) 4:11
2. Travel to Romantis (Josef Larossi Mix) 5:33
3. Travel to Romantis (Love to Infinity Mix) 7:22
4. Whenever You're Near Me (Previously Unreleased) 3:32

Germany

CD single

1. Travel to Romantis
2. Whenever You're Near Me (Previously Unreleased) 3:32

Maxi CD

1. Travel to Romantis 4:11
2. Cruel Summer (Cutfather & Joe Mix) 3:33
3. The Sign 3:10
4. Beautiful Life 3:40
5. Whenever You're Near Me (Previously Unreleased) 3:32

Official versions/remixes

• Album Version
• Radio Edit
• Eurotracks Extended Mix
• Larossi Extended Mix
• Larossi Short Mix
• Love To Infinity Master Mix
• Love To Infinity Radio Edit
• Wolf Mix

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
MTV Chile	5
MTV Nordic Top 5	5
Romania (Romanian Singles Chart)	13
Russia (Russian Singles Chart)	3

Notes and References

1. Shipes, Gary (7 August 1998). "MAKING A CASE FOR ACE OF BASE; UN-APEELING 'AVENGERS'". The Stuart News. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
2. Web site: Ace of Base's 'Flowers' Turns 20: An Anniversary Retrospective. Harrison. Quentin. Albumism. 13 June 2018. 22 March 2020.
3. "ACE OF BASE". Expressen. 12 June 1998.
4. Shipes, Gary (7 August 1998). "MAKING A CASE FOR ACE OF BASE; UN-APEELING 'AVENGERS'". The Stuart News. Retrieved 24 March 2020.