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1999 single by Westlife
"If I Let You Go " is a song by Irish
boy band
Westlife . It was released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 1999 as the second single from their
self-titled debut album (1999). It became the band's second number-one hit, spending 11 weeks on the
UK Singles Chart . The song has received a gold sales certification in the UK for selling over 400,000 in combined sales of purchased and streaming-equivalent sales. It is the band's 10th-best-selling single in paid-for sales and combined sales in the UK as of January 2019.
[1]
Composition
"If I Let You Go" composed in the traditional
verse–chorus form in
B♭ major , with
Brian McFadden ,
Shane Filan , and
Mark Feehily 's vocals ranging from the chords of
D4 to
A5 .
[2]
Music video
The music video was directed by Sven Harding and was filmed in
Tenerife , Spain.
[3] It depicts the band walking along a beach and singing by a hillside surrounded by red and yellow flags.
[4]
Track listings
UK CD1
[5]
"If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
"Try Again"
Enhanced CD
UK CD2
[6]
"If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
"If I Let You Go" (extended version)
Interview with
Andi Peters
UK cassette single and European CD single
[7]
[8]
"If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
"Try Again"
Australian CD single
[9]
"If I Let You Go" (radio edit) – 3:38
"Try Again" – 3:34
"If I Let You Go" (extended version) – 6:07
Enhanced CD
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 and
Westlife liner notes.
[5]
[10]
Studios
Recorded at
Cheiron Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
Strings recorded at Soundtrade Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
Mixed at
Mono Music Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
Personnel
Jörgen Elofsson – writing
Per Magnusson – writing, keyboards, production, arrangement, programming
David Kreuger – writing, arrangement, programming
Andreas Carlsson – additional backing vocals
Mats Berntoft – acoustic and electric guitars
Tomas Lindberg – bass
Ulf & Henrik Janson – string arrangement
David Kreuger – production
Bernard Lohr – recording (strings), mixing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
Release history
References
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Westlife - "If I Let You Go" (Official Music Video) , retrieved 15 June 2017
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^ If I Let You Go (European CD single liner notes). Westlife. RCA Records, BMG. 1999. 74321 694592.{{
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^
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^
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^
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^
"Official Singles Chart Top 100" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved 6 February 2021.
^
"ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1999" .
Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 11 March 2020 .
^
"Jaaroverzichten 1999" (in Dutch).
Ultratop . Retrieved 11 March 2020 .
^
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^
"End of Year Charts 1999" .
Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 9 July 2020 .
^
"Årslista Singlar, 1999" (in Swedish).
Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 11 March 2020 .
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Music Week . 22 January 2000. p. 27.
^
"Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2000" .
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^
"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Singles" (PDF) .
Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 9 November 2020 .
^
"Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1999" (PDF) (in Swedish).
IFPI Sweden . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2020 .
^
"British single certifications – Westlife – If I Let You Go" .
British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 9 November 2020 .
^
"Westlife: If I Let You Go" . click2music.se (in Swedish). Archived from
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