Sitting Down Here

"Sitting Down Here"
Norwegian, European, and Australian artwork
Single by Lene Marlin
from the album Playing My Game
Released	22 February 1999 (1999-02-22)
Studio	Disclab (Oslo, Norway)
Length	3:55
Label	Virgin
Songwriter	Lene Marlin
Producers	Hans G Jorn Dahl
Lene Marlin singles chronology
"Unforgivable Sinner" (1998) "Sitting Down Here" (1999) "Where I'm Headed" (1999)
Music video
"Sitting Down Here" on YouTube

Norwegian CD single (1999) [9] "Sitting Down Here" – 3:55 "The Way We Are" (live acoustic version) – 4:50 European CD single (1999) [10] "Sitting Down Here" – 3:55 "Playing My Game (acoustic version) – 3:27 Australian CD single (1999) [11] "Sitting Down Here" – 3:55 "Playing My Game (acoustic version) – 3:27 "I Know" – 2:23

UK CD single (2000) [12] "Sitting Down Here" (original version) – 3:55 "Sitting Down Here" (Tin Tin Out Mix) – 3:53 "Playing My Game (acoustic version) – 3:27 "Sitting Down Here" (video) – 3:55 UK cassette single (2000) [13] "Sitting Down Here" (original version) "Sitting Down Here" (Tin Tin Out mix) "Playing My Game" (acoustic version)

Personnel

• Lead vocals: Lene Marlin
• Producers: Hans G, Jorn Dahl
• Audio mixing: Richard Lowe
• Guitar: Bernt Rune Stray
• Drums, programming: Jorn Dahl
• Audio mixing assistant: Dab Bierton

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Sitting Down Here" Chart (1999–2000) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [14] 54 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [15] 38 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [16] 44 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [17] 31 Denmark (IFPI) [18] 12 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [19] 23 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [20] 4 France (SNEP) [21] 48 Germany (GfK) [22] 57 Hungary (Mahasz) [23] 6 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [24] 29 Ireland (IRMA) [25] 6 Italy (FIMI) [26] 5 Italy Airplay ( Music & Media ) [27] 2 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [28] 5 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [29] 7 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [30] 4 Norway (VG-lista) [31] 2 Scotland Singles (OCC) [32] 4 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [33] 18 UK Singles (OCC) [34] 5

Year-end charts Annual chart rankings for "Sitting Down Here" Chart (1999) Position Europe (Radio Top 50) [35] 62 Europe Border Breakers (Music & Media) [36] 6 Italy (Musica e dischi) [37] 20 Chart (2000) Position Ireland (IRMA) [38] 70 Italy (Musica e dischi) [39] 78 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [40] 37 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [41] 74 New Zealand (RIANZ) [42] 6 UK Singles (OCC) [43] 49

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Sitting Down Here"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway) [44]	3× Platinum
United Kingdom (BPI) [45]	Gold	400,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Street dates for "Sitting Down Here"

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref(s).
Norway	10 February 1999	Radio	Virgin	[46]
	22 February 1999	CD
Europe	28 June 1999			[31]
United Kingdom	28 February 2000	CD cassette		[47] [48]

References

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External links

• Lene Marlin's Official Website