Shoulda Woulda Coulda

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"Shoulda Woulda Coulda"
Beverley Knight - Shoulda Woulda Coulda (CD 1).jpg
Single by Beverley Knight
from the album Who I Am
Released25 February 2002 (2002-02-25) [1]
Length3:32
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Beverley Knight singles chronology
"Get Up!"
(2001)
"Shoulda Woulda Coulda"
(2002)
"Gold"
(2002)
Alternative covers
Beverley Knight - Shoulda Woulda Coulda (CD 2).jpg
UK CD: 2 cover

"Shoulda Woulda Coulda" is a song by English singer Beverley Knight, released as the second single from her third studio album, Who I Am (2002). Written about the breakup of her long-term relationship because she decided to put her career first,[ citation needed ] the song became Knight's first top-10 single in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and topping the UK R&B Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

The song's music video was shot in the Hout Bay area of Cape Town, South Africa, and directed by Douglas Avery. The location for the video was of special significance to Knight. She had visited previously in connection with her charity work in bringing awareness to HIV in South Africa. It was also the location of the video to her single "No Man's Land", released in 2007.

Track listings

UK CD1 [2]

  1. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (original mix)
  2. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (featuring Know ?uestion) (Blacksmith R&B rub)
  3. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (D'N'D on da Floor mix)
  4. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (video)

UK CD2 [3]

  1. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (original mix)
  2. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (live version)
  3. "Special Kinda Cool"

UK cassette single [4]

  1. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (original mix)
  2. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (featuring Know ?uestion) (Blacksmith R&B rub)
  3. "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (Agent Sumo mix)

Personnel

Personnel are lifted from the UK CD2 liner notes. [3]

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [5] 10
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [6] 18
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [7] 60
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 81
Scotland (OCC) [9] 13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 57
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 10
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [12] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [13] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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