Guilty (Blue song)

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"Guilty"
Blue Single Guilty.jpg
Single by Blue
from the album Guilty
B-side
Released20 October 2003 (2003-10-20)
Length3:44
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • True North
  • Martin Harrington
  • Ash Howes
Blue singles chronology
"U Make Me Wanna"
(2003)
"Guilty"
(2003)
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
(2003)
Music video
"Guilty" on YouTube

"Guilty" is a song by British boy band Blue from their third album, Guilty . It was co-written by Gary Barlow of the British boy band Take That. Released as a single on 20 October 2003, "Guilty" peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and entered the top 40 in several other countries, including Denmark, where it debuted at No. 1.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD1 [1]

  1. "Guilty"
  2. "Too Close"

UK CD2 [2]

  1. "Guilty" – 3:44
  2. "Rock the Night" – 3:21
  3. "Back It Up" – 3:29
  4. "Guilty" (video) – 3:44

UK DVD single [3]

  1. "Guilty" (video) – 3:44
  2. "Back It Up" (picture gallery) – 3:21
  3. "Guilty Instrumental" (picture gallery) – 3:29

Japanese CD single [4]

  1. "Guilty"
  2. "Rock the Night"
  3. "Back It Up"

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD2 liner notes. [2]

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom20 October 2003CD [33]
Japan29 October 2003 [34]
Australia3 November 2003 [35]

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