"I Won't Let You Down" is a song by British band Ph.D., released as the second single from their eponymous debut studio album (1981). It entered the Australian charts in October 1981 and reached number five;[3] it entered the UK Singles Chart in April 1982 at number 34, peaked at number three the following month. It went on to become the 23rd best-selling single of 1982 in the UK.
It was the band's best known biggest selling single and indeed became one of lead singer Jim Diamond's signature songs (the song is often incorrectly credited to Diamond himself). Diamond re-recorded the song on his eponymous 1993 album Jim Diamond with a slightly different arrangement, and it remained a staple of his live shows up until his death in 2015.
The original music video for the song was set in and around the Queensway area of West London. As with the band's previous single "Little Suzi's on the Up", the video is shot in a slapstick comedy style and features Jim Diamond as a well-dressed man trying to win back the affections of his lover (thus mirroring the theme of the song) using presents and taking her to upmarket bars and restaurants. Tony Hymas appears as the video's antagonist; in various scenes dressed in various disguises he makes unsuccessful attempts to assassinate, or maim Diamond's character in order to win the affections of the woman. He is finally successful when, posing as a car dealer, he lures Diamond into a second hand car, which is revealed to be on the end of a crane in a scrapyard being lifted up, whilst Hymas walks away with the girl as the camera zooms out and fades to black.
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Weekly chart performance for "I Won't Let You Down"
In 1999, Australian singer Kate Ceberano recorded a cover version of "I Won't Let You Down", which was released in July 1999 as the first single for her first compilation album, True Romantic. She performed the song on Hey Hey It's Saturday.[23]
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I Won t Let You Down is a song by British band Ph D released as the second single from their eponymous debut studio album 1981 It entered the Australian charts in October 1981 and reached number five 3 it entered the UK Singles Chart in April 1982 at number 34 peaked at number three the following month It went on to become the 23rd best selling single of 1982 in the UK I Won t Let You Down UK 7 inch single coverSingle by Ph D from the album Ph D B side Hideaway Released17 April 1981 1 StudioRamport London GenreSynth pop 2 Length4 10LabelWEASongwriter s Jim Diamond Tony HymasProducer s Ph D Ph D singles chronology Little Suzi s on the Up 1981 I Won t Let You Down 1981 There s No Answer to It 1982 It was the band s best known biggest selling single and indeed became one of lead singer Jim Diamond s signature songs the song is often incorrectly credited to Diamond himself Diamond re recorded the song on his eponymous 1993 album Jim Diamond with a slightly different arrangement and it remained a staple of his live shows up until his death in 2015 Contents 1 Music video 2 Charts 2 1 Weekly charts 2 2 Year end charts 3 Certifications 4 Kate Ceberano version 4 1 Track listing 4 2 Charts 5 ReferencesMusic video editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The original music video for the song was set in and around the Queensway area of West London As with the band s previous single Little Suzi s on the Up the video is shot in a slapstick comedy style and features Jim Diamond as a well dressed man trying to win back the affections of his lover thus mirroring the theme of the song using presents and taking her to upmarket bars and restaurants Tony Hymas appears as the video s antagonist in various scenes dressed in various disguises he makes unsuccessful attempts to assassinate or maim Diamond s character in order to win the affections of the woman He is finally successful when posing as a car dealer he lures Diamond into a second hand car which is revealed to be on the end of a crane in a scrapyard being lifted up whilst Hymas walks away with the girl as the camera zooms out and fades to black Charts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for I Won t Let You Down Chart 1982 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 3 4 5Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 5 1Ireland IRMA 6 3Italy Musica e dischi 7 2Netherlands Dutch Top 40 8 1Netherlands Single Top 100 9 1South Africa Springbok Radio 10 6Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 11 2UK Singles OCC 12 3West Germany Official German Charts 13 14 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for I Won t Let You Down Chart 1982 PositionAustralia Kent Music Report 4 37Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 14 2Netherlands Dutch Top 40 15 2Netherlands Single Top 100 16 9Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 17 17UK Singles BMRB 18 19 24West Germany Official German Charts 20 28Certifications editCertifications for I Won t Let You Down Region Certification Certified units salesNetherlands NVPI 21 Gold 100 000 United Kingdom BPI 22 Silver 250 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Kate Ceberano version edit I Won t Let You Down nbsp Single by Kate Ceberanofrom the album True RomanticA side I Won t Let You Down ReleasedJuly 1999 July 1999 Length4 31LabelFestivalSongwriter s Jim Diamond Tony HymasProducer s Mark GoldenbergKate Ceberano singles chronology Time to Think 1998 I Won t Let You Down 1999 True Romantic 1999 Music video I Won t Let You Down on YouTubeIn 1999 Australian singer Kate Ceberano recorded a cover version of I Won t Let You Down which was released in July 1999 as the first single for her first compilation album True Romantic She performed the song on Hey Hey It s Saturday 23 Track listing edit CD single I Won t Let You Down Trying Too Hard Feeling Alright live version Charts edit Chart performance for I Won t Let You Down Chart 1999 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 24 50References edit Releases Record Mirror 25 April 1981 p 26 Retrieved 8 February 2021 via Flickr Sweeting Adam MacAskill Ewen 11 October 2015 Jim Diamond obituary The Guardian Retrieved 23 September 2019 a b Kent David 2007 Australian Top 20 Book 1940 2006 Turramurra N S W Australian Chart Book ISBN 978 0 646 47665 0 a b National Top 100 Singles for 1981 Kent Music Report 4 January 1982 p 7 Retrieved 11 January 2022 via Imgur Ph D I Won t Let You Down in Dutch Ultratop 50 The Irish Charts Search Results PHD Irish Singles Chart Retrieved 23 September 2019 Classifiche Musica e dischi in Italian Retrieved 8 June 2022 Select Singoli in the Tipo field type I Won t Let You Down in the Titolo field and press cerca Nederlandse Top 40 PH D in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 23 September 2019 Ph D I Won t Let You Down in Dutch Single Top 100 Retrieved 23 September 2019 SA Charts 1965 1989 As presented on Springbok Radio Radio Orion Acts P The South African Rock Encyclopedia Archived from the original on 25 September 2019 Retrieved 23 September 2019 Ph D I Won t Let You Down Swiss Singles Chart P H D Artist Chart History Official Charts Company Retrieved 23 September 2019 Offiziellecharts de Ph D I Won t Let You Down in German GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved 23 September 2019 Jaaroverzichten 1982 Singles in Dutch Ultratop Retrieved 23 September 2019 Top 100 Jaaroverzicht van 1982 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 23 September 2019 Jaaroverzichten Single 1982 in Dutch Dutch Charts Retrieved 23 September 2019 Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1982 hitparade ch in German Retrieved 23 September 2019 Rees Dafydd Lazell Barry Jones Alan 1983 The Top 100 UK Singles Chart File Volume 2 London Virgin Books pp 80 81 ISBN 0 907080 73 1 Copsey Rob 12 March 2021 The Official Top 50 best selling songs of 1982 Official Charts Company Retrieved 8 June 2022 Top 100 Single Jahrescharts 1982 in German GfK Entertainment Retrieved 23 September 2019 Dutch single certifications Ph D I Won t Let You Down in Dutch Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld en geluidsdragers Retrieved July 16 2022 EnterI Won t Let You Down in the Artiest of titel box Select 1981 in the drop down menu saying Alle jaargangen British single certifications Ph D I Won t Let You Down British Phonographic Industry 1 May 1982 Retrieved 8 June 2022 Kate Ceberano I Won t Let You Down Hey Hey It s Saturday 1999 Archived from the original on 2021 12 21 Retrieved 23 April 2016 via YouTube Kate Ceberano I Won t Let You Down ARIA Top 50 Singles Retrieved 23 April 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title I Won 27t Let You Down Ph D song amp oldid 1209344382, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
