I Won't Let You Down

"I Won't Let You Down"

UK single
Single by Ph.D.
from the album Ph.D.
A-side I Won't Let You down
B-side Hideaway
Released 1982 (1982)
Format 7" single
Recorded 1981-1982
Genre Blue-Eyed Soul, New Wave, Reggae
Length 4:10
Label WEA
Atlantic (US)
Writer(s) Jim Diamond, Tony Hymas
Producer Cy Langston, Ph.D.
Certification Gold
Ph.D. singles chronology
"I Won't Let You Down"
(1982)		 "Little Suzi's on the Up"
(1982)

I Won't Let You Down is a 1982 single by British band Ph.D.. It reached number 3 on the UK charts in April 1982. The band consisted of Jim Diamond who was the lead vocalist, Tony Hymas on keyboards and Simon Phillips on drums. It went on to become the 23rd best-selling single of 1982 in the UK.

Contents

Chart positions

Country Peak
position
UK 3
Australia 5[1]
Netherlands 1[2]
Germany 14[3]
Belgium 1

Cover versions

Other artists who have covered "I Won't Let You Down":

References

  1. ^ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?id=24592&todo=viewthread
  2. ^ "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 5, 1982". http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=6083. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  3. ^ Hit Bilanz German Chart Singles 1981-1990

Uses

"I Won't Let You Down" was the final song played on the Irish pirate radio station Radio Nova, and it was also used in the promos during the closedown in 1983.