"Curtain Falls" is a song by English boy band

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. The song was co-written by the band and

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, who produced the track.

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". "Curtain Falls" was released on 8 November 2004 as the first single from Blue's first greatest hits album, ''

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'' (2004). Commercially, it peaked at number two in Italy, number four in the United Kingdom, and number eight in Germany. In France, the song was re-recorded in French and re-titled "Quand le rideau tombe"; although it was released as a single there, only the English version charted.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Curtain Falls" (album version) # "Best of Blue Medley" UK CD2 # "Curtain Falls" (album version) – 4:03 # "Long Time" – 4:14 # "Too Close" (

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R&B club rub) – 5:41 French CD single # "Curtain Falls" – 3:38 # "Quand le rideau tombe" – 3:20 # "Curtain Falls" (video) – 3:58

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the ''

'' album booklet. Studios * Mixed at StarGate Studios (Norway) * Mastered at Alchemy Mastering and 360 Mastering (London, England) Personnel *

– writing *

– production ** Mikkel S. Eriksen – writing, instruments ** Hallgeir Rustan – writing, instruments ** Tor Erik Hermansen – writing, instruments *

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– writing *

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– writing *

Lee Ryan Lee Ryan (born 17 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter and actor, best known as a member of the boy band Blue. Ryan took part in the BBC series '' Strictly Come Dancing''. He was partnered with professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova and was ...

– writing *

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– writing * John Davis – mastering (Alchemy) * Dick Beetham – mastering (360)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2004 singles 2004 songs Blue (English band) songs Innocent Records singles Song recordings produced by Stargate (record producers) Songs written by Hallgeir Rustan Songs written by Lee Ryan Songs written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Songs written by Simon Webbe Songs written by Stevie Wonder Songs written by Tor Erik Hermansen Virgin Records singles