Just a Little
"Just a Little" is a single by Liberty X, released in 2002. The song debuted at number one in the UK when released, selling over 100,000 copies in its first week. It only stayed at number one for a week, being replaced by Eminem's "Without Me". Despite this the record remained in the chart all summer, and ended up as the seventh best selling single of the year. The record proved to be the group's breakthrough to mainstream and critical success, in the process overtaking rivals Hear'say in terms of success. To date it is the group's only number one; after the success of the Thinking It Over album from which this track is taken, the band had a gradual fall from success and follow-up singles failed to reach the top. It also reached number four in Australia and number ten in France.
The song has sold 510,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company and won the Best British Single at the 2003 Brit Awards.
The song was covered by the Swedish girl group Play on their 2003 album Replay.
During Celebrity Big Brother 6 Michelle Heaton, who performed a version of the song wearing a tight PVC catsuit for a Big Brother task, revealed that she did not contribute vocals to "Just a Little" because she "wasn't good enough to cut it."
The song was the 86th best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK.[1]
Track listings and formats
- "Just a Little" (Single Version)
- "Breathe"
- "Thinking It Over" (Radio 1 Acoustic Session)
- "Just a Little" (Bump & Flex Electro Shock Club Mix)
- "Wanting Me Tonight" (Wookie Full Vocal Mix)
- "Just a Little" (Almighty Mix)
- "Just a Little" (Single Version)
- "Just a Little" (Bump & Flex Radio Edit)
- "Thinking It Over" (The Wideboys featuring Fat Jack and Miss Shorty)
- "Just a Little" (Bump & Flex Electro Shock Club Mix)
- "Just a Little" (Almighty Mix)
- "Wanting Me Tonight" (Wookie Full Vocal Mix)
- "Breathe"
- "Thinking It Over" (Radio 1 Acoustic Session)
Charts and sales
Peak positions
| Chart (2002) |
Peak
position |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] |
4 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[2] |
11 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratip[2] |
5 |
| Dutch Top 40[3] |
3 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart[2] |
12 |
| German Singles Chart[4] |
24 |
| Irish Singles Chart[5] |
2 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[2] |
2 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[2] |
16 |
| UK Singles Chart[6] |
1 |
|
End of year charts
| End of year chart (2002) |
Position |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[7] |
44 |
| Dutch Top 40[3] |
11 |
| French Singles Chart[8] |
91 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[9] |
3 |
Certifications
| Country |
Certification |
Date |
Sales certified[10] |
| Australia[11] |
Platinum |
2002 |
70,000 |
| France[12] |
Silver |
December 18, 2002 |
125,000 |
| New Zealand[13] |
Gold |
September 1, 2002 |
7,500 |
| UK[14] |
Gold |
June 14, 2002 |
400,000 |
|
Chart successions
References