Last Request

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"Last Request"
Last Request.jpg
Single by Paolo Nutini
from the album These Streets
B-side "No No No", "Sugar Man"
Released3 July 2006 (2006-07-03)
Length3:37
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Paolo Nutini, Jim Duguid, Matty Benbrook
Producer(s) Ken Nelson
Paolo Nutini singles chronology
"Last Request"
(2006)
"Jenny Don't Be Hasty"
(2006)

"Last Request" is the debut single by Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini, from his 2006 debut album, These Streets . The song was released on 3 July 2006, and peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart and number 15 on the Italian Singles Chart. The song's lyrics describe a person who knows his relationship is over, but he wants to have one last night with his partner.[ original research? ]

Contents

Music video

The video features Paolo Nutini along with other masked men robbing a jewellery shop before the police arrive and shoot Nutini who appears to die at the end of the video. [1]

Track listings

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the These Streets album booklet. [7]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [23] Gold25,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] 3× Platinum1,800,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom3 July 2006CD Atlantic [25]
Australia18 September 2006 [26]

Cover versions

In 2017, the song was covered by British singer Amber Leigh Irish for use in a TV advertising campaign for the British bed retailer and manufacturer Dreams. The recording was subsequently released as a charity single, with all proceeds going to The Fostering Network. [27]

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