If I Let You Go

"If I Let You Go"

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Single by Westlife
from the album Westlife
Released 9 August 1999
Format CD Single, cassette
Recorded Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre Teen pop
Length 3:40
Label BMG, RCA
Writer(s) Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
Producer(s) David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
Certification Silver (United Kingdom)
Westlife singles chronology
"Swear It Again"
(1999)		 "If I Let You Go"
(1999)		 "Flying Without Wings"
(1999)

"If I Let You Go" is a song by Westlife, released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 1999, as the band's second single. It became the second of the band's fourteen UK number 1 hit singles, spending eleven weeks on charts.[1] The song has received a Silver sales certification in the UK for over 315 000 copies sold so far.[2]

Tours performed at

Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001)

World of Our Own Tour (2002)

Unbreakable Tour (2003)

The Number Ones Tour (2005)

The Love Tour (2007)

Back Home Tour (2008)

Where We Are Tour (2010)

The Farewell Tour (2012)

Lead Vocals

Lead vocals are done by Shane, Mark and Bryan on this single.

Track listing

CD1
  1. "If I Let You Go" (Radio Edit) - 3:40
  2. "Try Again" - 3:35
  3. "If I Let You Go" (Video) - 3:40
CD2
  1. "If I Let You Go" (Radio Edit) - 3:40
  2. "If I Let You Go" (Extended Version) - 6:09
  3. "Interview With Andi Peters" - 7:24

Release history

Country Release Date
United Kingdom 9 August 1999
Australia 26 September 1999
Philippines 1 October 1999

Chart performance

Country/Chart Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 13
Belgian Flanders Singles Chart 7
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[3] 8
Finnish Singles Chart 7
German Singles Chart 50
Irish Singles Chart 1
Netherlands Singles Chart 19
New Zealand Singles Chart 8
Norwegian Singles Chart 1
Scottish Singles Chart[4] 3
Spanish Singles Chart 18
Swedish Singles Chart 6
Swiss Singles Chart 25
UK Singles Chart 1
UK Radio Airplay Chart 7

End-of-year charts

End of year chart (1999) Position
Australian Singles Chart 95
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 45

Chart successions

Preceded by
"When You Say Nothing at All" by Ronan Keating		 Irish IRMA number one single
13 August 1999 - 26 August 1999 		Succeeded by
"Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega
Preceded by
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by The Eiffel 65		 Norwegian Singles Chart
Week 39 1999 to Week 42 1999 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera
Preceded by
"When You Say Nothing at All" by Ronan Keating		 UK Singles Chart
15 August 1999 - 21 August 1999 		Succeeded by
"Mi Chico Latino" by Geri Halliwell

Personnel

Song credits

If I Let You Go
Written By : Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
Bass : Tomas Lindberg
Recorded By (Strings) : Bernard Löhr
Try Again
Written By : Jorgen Elofsson, David Krueger, Per Magnusson
Fiddle : Ulf Forsmark
Whistle (Tin Whistle) : Jan Bengtsson
Whistle (Tin Whistle) : Jan Bengtsson
Recorded By (Strings & Tin Whistle) : Ronnie Lahti
Mastered By : Björn Engelmann Cutting Room Studios

CD production

Suling By (Strings) : Sensen Sabari, Ulf Janson
Arranged And Programmed By : David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
Mixed By : Bernard Löhr
Artwork By (Design) : Root
Photography : Nicole Nodland
Acoustic Guitar, Guitar (Electric) : Mats Berntoft
Keyboards : Per Magnusson
Backing Vocals (Additional) : Anders von Hofsten (If I Let You Go), Andreas Carlsson (Try Again)
Other (Management) : Louis Walsh, Ronan Keating

References

  1. ↑ "WESTLIFE | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  2. ↑ "Westlife | Official Top 20 | MTV UK". Mtv.co.uk. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Billboard - Google Books". Books.google.ca. 1999-09-04. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  4. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19990815/41/

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