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If I Let You Go

"If I Let You Go" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 1999 as the second single from their self-titled debut album (1999). It became the band's second number-one hit, spending 11 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. The song has received a Platinum sales certification in the UK for selling over 600,000 in combined sales of purchased and streaming-equivalent sales. It is the band's 10th-best-selling single in paid-for sales and combined sales in the UK as of January 2019.

Composition

"If I Let You Go" composed in the traditional verse–chorus form in B major, with Brian McFadden, Shane Filan, and Mark Feehily's vocals ranging from the chords of D<sub>4</sub> to A<sub>5</sub>.

Music video

The music video was directed by Sven Harding and was filmed in Tenerife, Spain. It depicts the band walking along a beach and singing by a hillside surrounded by red and yellow flags.

Track listings

UK CD1

  1. "If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
  2. "Try Again"
  3. Enhanced CD

UK CD2

  1. "If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
  2. "If I Let You Go" (extended version)
  3. Interview with Andi Peters

UK cassette single and European CD single

  1. "If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
  2. "Try Again"

Australian CD single

  1. "If I Let You Go" (radio edit) – 3:38
  2. "Try Again" – 3:34
  3. "If I Let You Go" (extended version) – 6:07
  4. Enhanced CD

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 and Westlife liner notes.

Studios

  • Recorded at Cheiron Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Strings recorded at Soundtrade Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Mixed at Mono Music Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)

Personnel

  • Jörgen Elofsson – writing
  • Per Magnusson – writing, keyboards, production, arrangement, programming
  • David Kreuger – writing, arrangement, programming
  • Andreas Carlsson – additional backing vocals
  • Mats Berntoft – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Tomas Lindberg – bass
  • Ulf & Henrik Janson – string arrangement
  • David Kreuger – production
  • Bernard Lohr – recording (strings), mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

External links