"When It's Alright" is a song by English singer

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, released as their second single on 2 April 2009.

Background

In February 2009, Venus & Mars Music released promotional singles of "When It's Alright" in the United Kingdom. While it was a pop-

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track in its original form, "When It's Alright" had received remix treatment by Kinky Roland, Per Qx and Kid Massive, and was serviced to club DJs. The remixes transformed the song into a

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club track. While "When It's Alright" hadn't quite broken into the mainstream, it was gaining positive reviews. Eventually, a German dance label Kosmo Records approached Venus & Mars Music and signed a worldwide license deal for the track. "When It's Alright" was re-promoted in April 2009 with new remixes by German producer,

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Track listing

* 2009 digital single # "When It's Alright" (

Radio Edit) – 3:36 # "When It's Alright" (Kid Massive Radio Edit) – 3:05 # "When It's Alright" (Tom Novy Remix) – 7:41 # "When It's Alright" (Kid Massive Remix) – 5:50 # "When It's Alright" (Kinky Roland Mix) – 7:24 # "When It's Alright" (Per QX Remix) – 6:03

Remixes

# Kid Massive Radio Edit # Kid Massive Remix # Kid Massive Dub # Kinky Roland Radio Edit # Kinky Roland Remix # Kinky Roland Dub # Per Qx Radio Edit # Per Qx Remix # Per Qx Dub # Per QX Instrumental #

Radio Edit # Tom Novy Remix # Tom Novy Dub Source:

Release history

Juun featuring Sam Smith version

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became a successful artist, "When It's Alright" was completely transformed and credited to German producers Juun featuring Sam Smith. At first, a music video for

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Radio Edit was filmed in

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and released on 24 July 2013. On 9 August 2013, Kosmo Records released Tomcraft remixes of "When It's Alright" digitally. On 24 April 2014, a music video was released for the Juun featuring Sam Smith Radio Edit, using the same Ibiza footage. On 8 May 2014, a new music video premiered and the single was re-released on 16 May 2014. It became a club hit in Germany and reached number 74 on the main Top 100 Singles chart. This version of "When It's Alright" was later included on Smith's 2015 album, ''

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'', which features their early recordings.

Track listing

*2013 digital single #"When It's Alright" (

Radio Edit) – 3:16 #"When It's Alright" (Tomcraft Remix) – 5:55 *2014 German Digital EP #"When It's Alright" (Radio Edit) – 3:17 #"When It's Alright" (HEYHEY's Grand Piano Remix) – 3:10 #"When It's Alright" (Tomcraft Remix) – 5:56 #"When It's Alright" (Extended Edit) – 5:09 #"When It's Alright" (Dinnerdate Remix) – 5:23 *2014 German CD single #"When It's Alright" (Radio Edit) – 3:17 #"When It's Alright" (HEYHEY's Grand Piano Remix) – 3:10 *2014 French Digital EP #"When It's Alright" (Radio Edit) – 3:17 #"When It's Alright" (Extended) – 5:06 #"When It's Alright" (Tomcraft Remix) – 5:55 #"When It's Alright" (Tomcraft Radio Edit) – 3:19

Background

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Remixes

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Juun featuring Sam Smith version

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Charts

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