If I Let You Go

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"If I Let You Go"
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One of European artworks
Single by Westlife
from the album Westlife
B-side "Try Again"
Released9 August 1999 (1999-08-09)
Studio Cheiron (Stockholm, Sweden)
Length3:40
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Per Magnusson
  • David Kreuger
Westlife singles chronology
"Swear It Again"
(1999)		"If I Let You Go"
(1999)		"Flying Without Wings"
(1999)
Music video
"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 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]

Contents

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]

  1. "If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
  2. "Try Again"
  3. Enhanced CD

UK CD2 [6]

  1. "If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
  2. "If I Let You Go" (extended version)
  3. Interview with Andi Peters

UK cassette single and European CD single [7] [8]

  1. "If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
  2. "Try Again"

Australian CD single [9]

  1. "If I Let You Go" (radio edit) – 3:38
  2. "Try Again" – 3:34
  3. "If I Let You Go" (extended version) – 6:07
  4. Enhanced CD

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 and Westlife liner notes. [5] [10]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [35] Gold35,000^
Sweden (GLF) [36] Gold15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [37] Gold400,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Sweden9 August 1999CD [38]
United Kingdom
  • CD
  • cassette
 [39]

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