"Julia Says" is a song by Scottish band

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, released as the second single from their sixth studio album, '' Picture This'' (1995). It was released on 13 March 1995 and peaked at number three on the

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. Outside the UK, "Julia Says" reached number three in Ireland and number eight in Iceland but experienced limited success elsewhere.

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recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album ''

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''.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Julia Says" # " It's Now or Never" (live from the

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Tribute Concert) # "I Don't Want to Know" # "Julia Says" (synth string version) UK CD2 # "Julia Says" # "It's Now or Never" (live from the Elvis Tribute Concert) # "Dixie" # "Julia Says" (live from Tarlair Music Festival) UK 7-inch and cassette single # "Julia Says" # "It's Now or Never" (live from the Elvis Tribute Concert)

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD1 liner notes and the '' Picture This'' album booklet. Studios * Recorded between May 1993 and October 1994 at

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, England), The Brill Building (Glasgow, Scotland), and

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(Dublin, Ireland) Personnel *

– production, arrangement ** Graeme Clark – writing,

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, assorted basses, production **

Tommy Cunningham Thomas Cunningham (born 22 June 1964, Drumchapel, Glasgow) is a Scottish musician, best known as the drummer for Wet Wet Wet. Biography Cunningham's father, Tom Sr., bought his son his first drum kit in 1977, "down the Social Club for £15 ...

– writing, drums, percussion ** Neil Mitchell – writing, keyboards, piano **

– writing, vocals *

Fiachra Trench Fiachra Terence Wilbrah Trench (born 7 September 1941, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician and composer from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. Trench first studied Chemistry at Trinity College, Dublin, before moving on to t ...

– orchestration * Paul Spong – trumpet * Neil Sidwell – trombone *

Graeme Duffin Graeme Ian Duffin (born 28 February 1956) is a British musician. He has played guitar for the Scottish pop band Wet Wet Wet since 1983.

– all guitars, production *

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– mixing * Ian Morrow – programming * Simon Vinestock – engineering * Andrew Boland – string engineering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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