Leave Right Now
| "Leave Right Now" | |||||||
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| Single by Will Young | |||||||
| from the album Friday's Child | |||||||
| Released |
24 November 2003 (UK) 27 May 2010 (USA) | ||||||
| Format | CD | ||||||
| Recorded | 2003 | ||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||
| Length | 3:31 | ||||||
| Label | BMG | ||||||
| Writer(s) | Eg White | ||||||
| Producer(s) | Stephen Lipson | ||||||
| Will Young singles chronology | |||||||
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"Leave Right Now" is a popular song written by Eg White and performed by Will Young. It appears on Young's second album, Friday's Child, and was released as the first single from the album, and Young's fifth overall. The song also appears on the international version of Young's third album, Keep On.
The song is reportedly about unrequited love.
White was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Leave Right Now" in 2004.
"Leave Right Now" was the exit song for the ninth season of American Idol.[1] Young performed it on the penultimate episode (25 May 2010) to accompany a video montage recapping the season.
Music Video
The video features Young at a party where a fight starts and he gets caught up in it. The video also features actress Kelly Wenham as one of the party guests.
Chart and sales performance
The single went to number one in the UK Singles Chart, selling 117,700 in its first week of release, and making it Young's fourth number one single overall. The song has sold 540,000 copies in the UK according to the Official UK Charts Company.[2] In Ireland, it was the Christmas number one single; however, it peaked too soon in the UK to contend for the Christmas number-one there.
The song has sold 50,000 copies in the US according to Billboard [32,000 the week he performed on American idol].[3]
Single track listing
- CD1
- "Leave Right Now" (Eg White)
- "Ticket to Love" (live from Exeter) (Cathy Dennis, Will Young)
- CD2
- "Leave Right Now"
- "Cry" (Young, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher)
- "Leave Right Now" (Acoustic)
- "Leave Right Now" (Video)
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| UK | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Sweden | 6 |
| Norway | 17 |
| Netherlands | 36 |
| Lebanon | 4 |
| Chart (2000–2009) | Position |
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| UK Singles Chart[4] | 67 |
| Chart (2010)[5] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 81 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot AC Tracks | 19 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs | 50 |
| U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Songs | 5 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 29 |
Cover versions
It was covered in French by Pierrick Lilliu as "La même erreur" (The Same Mistake) on his 2005 debut album, Besoin d'espace. Earlier that year, Lilliu was a runner-up in the French reality show, Nouvelle Star. The show is an analogue to the UK's Pop Idol, which launched Will Young's career. It was parodied in Ireland by Mario Rosenstock for the radio show Gift Grub, whose identically titled version poked fun at Roy Keane's controversial departure from Manchester United and his falling-out with Alex Ferguson. Rosenstock's version also reached number one on the Irish Christmas charts Australian artist Anthony Callea recorded a version for his 2013 album 'Thirty'.
References
- ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1632697/20100225/index.jhtml MTV News
- ↑ "Simon Cowell: The Official Top 50". MTV. MTV Networks. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ↑ Lee DeWyze lands six tracks on SoundScan Top 200
- ↑ Radio 1 Chart of the Decade, as presented by Nihal on Tuesday 29 December 2009
- ↑ Billboard History
External links
| Preceded by "Mandy" by Westlife |
UK number-one single 30 November 2003 – 14 December 2003 |
Succeeded by "Changes" by Ozzy Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne |
| Preceded by "Sound of the Underground" by Girls Aloud |
Christmas number one single (Ireland) (Will Young version) 2003 |
Succeeded by "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20 |
| Preceded by "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20 |
Christmas number one single (Ireland) (Mario Rosenstock version) 2005 |
Succeeded by "A Moment Like This" by Leona Lewis |
| Preceded by "Home Sweet Home" by Carrie Underwood |
American Idol Farewell Song Season 9 (2010) |
Succeeded by "Don't You" by David Cook |
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