If I Let You Go
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"If I Let You Go" is a song by Westlife
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...

, 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. The song has received a Silver sales certification in the UK for over 315 000 copies sold so far.

Tracklisting

  • United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

9 August 1999
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

26 September 1999

Chart performance

Country/Chart Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

13
Belgian Flanders Singles Chart 7
Finnish Singles Chart 7
German Singles Chart 50
Irish Singles Chart
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

1
Netherlands Singles Chart 19
New Zealand Singles Chart 8
Norwegian Singles Chart 1
Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 Singles Chart
6
Swiss Singles Chart 25
UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

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

Song credits

If I Let You Go
Written By : Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger
David Kreuger
David Kreuger is a Swedish songwriter.David Kreuger began at Cheiron Studios in the spring of 1993. During the period 1993-1997, he worked with Per Magnusson on several projects....

, Per Magnusson
Per Magnusson
Per Magnusson is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. His musical career took off in 1994 as one of the original team members of the now-legendary Cheiron Productions, meeting great international success working with Boyzone, Britney Spears, Westlife and the Backstreet Boys.Shortly after...

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
Cutting Room Studios
Cutting Room Studios is an audio mastering studio located in Stockholm, Sweden since 1980. Cutting Room was founded in the 1970s by Peter Strindberg and is currently owned by Björn Engelmann. Sitting in a five studio location they have dedicated three of them to audio mastering...



CD production

Arranged By (Strings) : Desta Bareta, 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
Louis Walsh
Louis Walsh is an Irish music manager and judge on the British television talent show The X Factor.-Band manager:...

, Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...



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