"This Year's Love" | ||||
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Single by David Gray | ||||
from the album White Ladder | ||||
Released | 29 March 1999 | |||
Studio | Air (London, England) | |||
Length | 4:05 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | David Gray | |||
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David Gray singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative covers | ||||
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"This Year's Love" is a song by British singer-songwriter David Gray from his fourth studio album, White Ladder (1998). Originally released as the album's first single on 29 March 1999,it was re-issued on 5 March 2001. The single peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and number 27 on the Irish Singles Chart.
Gray himself makes an appearance in the film of the same title. "This Year's Love" and a previously unreleased track,"Monday Morning",is featured on the film's soundtrack. "This Year's Love" also appears in the films The Girl Next Door , Crazy/Beautiful ,and Wimbledon .
UK CD single (1999) [1]
UK CD1 and cassette single (2001) [2] [3]
UK CD2 (2001) [4]
Credits are lifted from the White Ladder album booklet. [5]
Studio
Personnel
Chart (1999–2001) | Peak position |
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Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [6] | 73 |
Ireland (IRMA) [7] | 25 |
Scotland (OCC) [8] | 13 |
UK Singles (OCC) [9] | 20 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [10] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | 29 March 1999 | CD | IHT | [11] |
United Kingdom (re-release) | 5 March 2001 |
| EastWest | [12] |
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