If I Let You Go

"If I Let You Go" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 1999 as the second single from their self-titled debut album (1999). It became the band's second number-one hit, spending 11 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. The song has received a gold sales certification in the UK for selling over 400,000 in combined sales of purchased and streaming-equivalent sales. It is the band's 10th-best-selling single in paid-for sales and combined sales in the UK as of January 2019.

Composition
"If I Let You Go" composed in the traditional verse–chorus form in B♭ major, with Brian McFadden, Shane Filan, and Mark Feehily's vocals ranging from the chords of D4 to A5.

Music video
The music video was directed by Sven Harding and was filmed in Tenerife, Spain. It depicts the band walking along a beach and singing by a hillside surrounded by red and yellow flags.

Track listings
UK CD1
 * 1) "If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
 * 2) "Try Again"
 * 3) Enhanced CD

UK CD2
 * 1) "If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
 * 2) "If I Let You Go" (extended version)
 * 3) Interview with Andi Peters

UK cassette single and European CD single
 * 1) "If I Let You Go" (radio edit)
 * 2) "Try Again"

Australian CD single
 * 1) "If I Let You Go" (radio edit) – 3:38
 * 2) "Try Again" – 3:34
 * 3) "If I Let You Go" (extended version) – 6:07
 * 4) Enhanced CD

Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 and Westlife liner notes.

Studios
 * Recorded at Cheiron Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
 * Strings recorded at Soundtrade Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
 * Mixed at Mono Music Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)

Personnel


 * Jörgen Elofsson – writing
 * Per Magnusson – writing, keyboards, production, arrangement, programming
 * David Kreuger – writing, arrangement, programming
 * Andreas Carlsson – additional backing vocals
 * Mats Berntoft – acoustic and electric guitars
 * Tomas Lindberg – bass
 * Ulf & Henrik Janson – string arrangement
 * David Kreuger – production
 * Bernard Lohr – recording (strings), mixing