"After You" is the second single released from British singer-songwriter

Beverley Knight Beverley Knight (born Beverley Anne Smith, 22 March 1973) is an English recording artist and musical theatre actress. She released her first album, ''The B-Funk'', in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke and ...

's fifth studio album, ''

Music City Soul ''Music City Soul'' is the fifth studio album by British singer-songwriter Beverley Knight. It was released on Parlophone Records on 7 May 2007 in the United Kingdom. The album contains the singles " No Man's Land", "After You" and " The Queen o ...

''. The radio edit of the song was produced by Pete Vale and has different production and vocals to the original album version, which was produced by Mark Nevers. It was released in the UK on 2 July 2007. The single was confirmed for release in an interview with

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's Woman's Hour programme on 8 May 2007 and the video for the song, directed by Andy Hylton, was premiered online on 25 May 2007. At present, "After You" is Knight's final physical single release.

Track listing

CD: # "After You" (radio edit) (M. Leeson, P. Vale) # "Time is Now" ( B. Knight, G. Chambers) Download only versions: # "After You" (album version) # "After You" (live from The Living Room) (iTunes exclusive)

Chart performance

Like previous single "

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", "After You" was added straight to the A-list at

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and was also the radio station's record of the week. The song entered the UK airplay chart at number fifty, after only four days of radio play. The following week, "After You" rocketed up the airplay chart, climbing from number fifty to number seven, one of Knight's highest charting airplay singles to date and her biggest climb on the radio airplay chart. "After You" also became the most played single on

, between 11 June 2007 and 16 June 2007 and the music video for the song charted at number-one in the TV airplay pre-release chart.Radio and television chart position statistics for "After You"
Retrieved 18 June 2007 "After You" is one of Knight's biggest commercial failures, missing the top seventy-five altogether, peaking at a lowly one-hundred and thirty-one. It is Knight's lowest chart position since the first issue of "

Sista Sista "Sista Sista" was the third single release from British soul singer Beverley Knight's ''Prodigal Sista'' album. Knight has previously described the song as the highlight of her career as a lyricist, and is dedicated to two of her friends - "Meli ...

" missed the top two-hundred and "

Mutual Feeling "Mutual Feeling" is the fifth single released by the British R&B recording artist Beverley Knight from her debut album '' The B-Funk'' (1995). The track, which peaked at #124 on the UK Singles Chart when it was released in 1996, did not have a ...

" made one-hundred and twenty-four.

Charts

References

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