"If Ya Gettin' Down" | ||||
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Released | 19 July 1999 | |||
Studio | Windmill Lane (Dublin, Ireland) | |||
Length | 2:59 | |||
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"If Ya Gettin' Down" on YouTube |
"If Ya Gettin' Down" is a single by English boy band Five. It was released on 19 July 1999 as the lead single from their second studio album, Invincible (1999). It was co-written by Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, and band members J Brown, Sean Conlon and Abs Breen, while Stannard and Gallagher produced it. Michael Cleveland is also credited as a writer since the track samples Indeep's 1982 song "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life". [1] [2] "If Ya Gettin' Down" charted at number two in the United Kingdom and Australia and reached number one in New Zealand.
The song reached number two in the United Kingdom, where it was certified gold for sales and streams of over 400,000 units. It was also certified platinum in Australia, where it reached number two. The song topped the charts in New Zealand and Scotland; it was their second number-one single in the former country.
UK, Irish and Australian CD1 [3]
UK, Irish and Australian CD2 [4]
UK cassette single and European CD single [5] [6]
Japanese CD single [7]
Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes and the Invincible album booklet. [1] [3]
Studio
Personnel
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [36] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [37] | Gold | 5,000* |
Sweden (GLF) [38] | Gold | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [39] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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Sweden | 19 July 1999 | CD | [40] | |
United Kingdom |
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Japan | 8 January 2000 | CD | [42] |
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