Just a Little

For the song by the Beau Brummels, see Just a Little (The Beau Brummels song).
"Just a Little"
Single by Liberty X
from the album Thinking It Over
B-side "Breathe"
"Wanting Me Tonight"
Released 13 May 2002
Format CD single, cassette single
Recorded 2002
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 3.55
Label V2
Writer(s) Michelle Escoffery
Producer(s) The BigPockets
Liberty X singles chronology
"Doin' It"
(2001)		 "Just a Little"
(2002)		 "Got to Have Your Love"
(2002)

"Just a Little" is a song recorded by English-Irish pop group Liberty X. Written by singer Michelle Escoffery and produced by The BigPockets, it was released on 13 May 2002 as the third single from the group's debut studio album, Thinking It Over (2002).

The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart when released,[1] 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. 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 the 86th best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK.[2]

The song proved to be Liberty X'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 Thinking It Over, the band had a gradual fall from success and follow-up singles failed to reach the top.

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".

Track listings and formats

  1. "Just a Little" (Single Version)
  2. "Breathe"
  3. "Thinking It Over" (Radio 1 Acoustic Session)
  1. "Just a Little" (Bump & Flex Electro Shock Club Mix)
  2. "Wanting Me Tonight" (Wookie Full Vocal Mix)
  3. "Just a Little" (Almighty Mix)
  1. "Just a Little" (Single Version)
  2. "Just a Little" (Bump & Flex Radio Edit)
  3. "Thinking It Over" (The Wideboys featuring Fat Jack and Miss Shorty)
  1. "Just a Little" (Bump & Flex Electro Shock Club Mix)
  2. "Just a Little" (Almighty Mix)
  3. "Wanting Me Tonight" (Wookie Full Vocal Mix)
  4. "Breathe"
  5. "Thinking It Over" (Radio 1 Acoustic Session)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 11
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[5] 5
Dutch Top 40[6] 3
France (SNEP)[7] 12
Germany (Media Control Charts)[8] 24
Irish Singles Chart[9] 2
Italian Singles Chart[10] 36
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 16
UK Singles Chart[13] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[14] 44
Dutch Top 40[6] 11
French Singles Chart[15] 91
New Zealand Singles Chart[16] 3
UK Singles Chart 9

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified[17]
Australia[18] Platinum 2002 70,000
France[19] Silver 18 December 2002 125,000
New Zealand[20] Gold 1 September 2002 7,500
UK[21] Gold 14 June 2002 400,000

Preceded by
"If Tomorrow Never Comes" by Ronan Keating		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
25 May 2002 – 31 May 2002 		Succeeded by
"Without Me" by Eminem

Cover versions

The song was covered by the Swedish girl group Play on their 2003 album Replay.

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 673. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ Radio 1 Chart of the Decade, as presented by Nihal on Tuesday 29 December 2009
  3. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Liberty X – Just a Little". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Liberty X – Just a Little" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Liberty X – Just a Little" (in French). Ultratip.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Single top 100 over 2002" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Liberty X – Just a Little" (in French). Les classement single.
  8. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Liberty X > Just a Little – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  9. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart, database". Irishcharts. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  10. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia – Indice per Interprete: L". Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Liberty X – Just a Little". Top 40 Singles.
  12. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Liberty X – Just a Little". Swiss Singles Chart.
  13. ↑ """, UK Singles Chart". Chartstats. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  14. ↑ "2002 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart". Ultratop. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  15. ↑ "2002 French Singles Chart". Snep. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  16. ↑ "2002 Australian Singles Chart". RIANZ. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  17. ↑ "Certification for every country in the world" (PDF). IFPI. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  18. ↑ "2002 Australian certifications". aria. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  19. ↑ "2007 French certifications". Snep. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  20. ↑ "NZ certifications". RIANZ (see: Chart #1324 – Sunday 1 September 2002. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  21. ↑ "UK certifications, database". Bpi. Retrieved 15 October 2009.

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