If I Let You Go
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| "If I Let You Go" | ||||
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| Single by Westlife | ||||
| from the album Westlife | ||||
| B-side | "Try Again" | |||
| Released | 9 August 1999 | |||
| Studio | Cheiron (Stockholm, Sweden) | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
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| "If I Let You Go" on YouTube | ||||
"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 Platinum sales certification in the UK for selling over 600,000 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]
"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
Track listings
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UK CD1[5]
UK CD2[6]
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UK cassette single and European CD single[7][8]
Australian CD single[9]
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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
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Year-end charts
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