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Say You Won't Let Go

"Say You Won't Let Go"
Say You Won't Let Go.jpg
Single by James Arthur
from the album Back from the Edge
Released 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2016
Genre
Length 3:31
Label Columbia
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • John Smigglehof
  • Aodhán Dorrian
James Arthur singles chronology
"Get Down"
(2014)		 "Say You Won't Let Go"
(2016)		 "Safe Inside"
(2017)
Music video
"Say You Won't Let Go" on YouTube

"Say You Won't Let Go" is a song by British singer and songwriter James Arthur. The song was released as a digital download on 9 September 2016 in the United Kingdom by Columbia Records as the lead single from his second studio album Back from the Edge (2016).[1] The single peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart, a position it maintained for three weeks. Outside the United Kingdom, the single has topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland.

Contents

Music videoEdit

A music video to accompany the release of "Say You Won't Let Go" was first released onto YouTube on 9 September 2016 at a total length of three minutes and thirty seconds.[2]

Live performancesEdit

Track listingEdit

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Say You Won't Let Go" 3:31

Commercial performanceEdit

On 12 September 2016, the song was at number 30 on The Official Chart Update in the United Kingdom.[3] On 15 September 2016, the song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 91 before peaking at number one on 14 October and spending four non-consecutive weeks at the top of the charts. On 16 September 2016, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 25, and peaked at number one two weeks later, spending three consecutive weeks at the top. The song has also charted in Australia, France, New Zealand and Sweden. It is also his first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, so far peaking at number 30. The song was ranked the nineteenth biggest-selling song of 2016 in the United Kingdom, making Arthur the biggest-selling British male artist of the year.[4] By the second week of January 2017, it had surpassed the one million sales mark, making him the first-ever X Factor act to have two singles sell over a million copies in his homeland.[5]

ChartsEdit

CertificationsEdit

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[46] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[47] Platinum 100,000^
Italy (FIMI)[48] Platinum 50,000 
New Zealand (RMNZ)[49] Platinum 30,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[50] Gold 10,000*
Sweden (GLF)[51] 2× Platinum 80,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[52] Platinum 600,000 

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
 sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release historyEdit

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 25 September 2016 Digital download Columbia

ReferencesEdit

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  52. ^ "British single certifications – James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 4, 2016.  Enter Say You Won't Let Go in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
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