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{{Short description|1999 single by Chantal Kreviazuk}}
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{Infobox song
|Name=Before You
| name = Before You
|Cover= Chantal_Kreviazuk_Before_You.jpg
| cover = Chantal_Kreviazuk_Before_You.jpg
|Cover_size= 250px |
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|Format= [[CD single]]
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|Border=no
| artist = [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]
|Caption=
| album = [[Colour Moving and Still]]
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| released = {{start date|1999|9|7|df=y}}
|Artist= [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]
| recorded =
|Album= [[Colour Moving and Still]]
| studio =
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| venue =
|Released= 1999
| genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres -->
|track_no=
| length = 3:52
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| label =
|Genre= [[Modern adult contemporary|Adult alternative]]
* [[Sony Music|Sony Canada]]
|Language= [[English language|English]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
|Length= 3:52
|Writer= [[Jay Joyce]], [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]
| writer =
* [[Jay Joyce]]
* Chantal Kreviazuk
| producer = Jay Joyce
|Composer=
| prev_title = [[Feels Like Home (Chantal Kreviazuk song)|Feels Like Home]]
|Label= [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| prev_year = 1999
|Producer= [[Jay Joyce]]
| next_title = Dear Life
|Audio sample?=no
| next_year = 2000
| Last single = "[[Feels Like Home (Chantal Kreviazuk song)|Feels Like Home]]"<br>(1999)
| This single = "'''Before You'''"<br>(1999)
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|XGCgdCl1gPk|"Before You"}}}}
| Next single = "Dear Life"<br>(2000)
}}
}}
"'''Before You'''" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]. It was released as the lead single from Kreviazuk's second studio album, ''[[Colour Moving and Still]]'', on 7 September 1999. The song peaked at number two on the Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles chart, behind "[[I Knew I Loved You (Savage Garden song)|I Knew I Loved You]]" by [[Savage Garden]], and is Kreviazuk's biggest hit in Canada to date. Kreviazuk performed the song live at the [[Juno Awards of 2000|2000 Juno Awards]].


==Background==
"'''Before You'''" is the first single from Canadian Singer-songwriter [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]'s second studio album, ''[[Colour Moving and Still]]''. The song peaked at #2 on the Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' [[Canadian Singles Chart|Singles Chart]]<ref name="RPM">{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.10026&URLjpg=https%3a%2f%2ffanyv88.com%3a443%2fhttp%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.10026.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.10026|title=Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 11, Jan 17, 2000|publisher=''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]''|accessdate=June 29, 2016}} </ref> and is Kreviazuk's biggest hit in Canada to date. Kreviazuk performed the song live at the [[Juno Awards of 2000|2000 Juno Awards]].
Kreviazuk wrote the song several days before the recording of ''[[Colour Moving and Still]]''. She explained, "We were in our third day of preproduction, and I was so bummed ... I wrote the song during that low point. It showed me that a creative low can bring something great out of you."<ref name="leblanc">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-03-18.pdf|title=Kreviazuk Keeps 'Moving'|last=LeBlanc|first=Larry|author-link=Larry LeBlanc|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=112|issue=12|page=93|date=18 March 2000|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>


==Charts==
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
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|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!Chart (2000)
!scope="col"|Chart (1999–2000)
!Peak<br>position
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|2|chartid=10026|rowheader=true|access-date=26 April 2018}}
|Canadian ''RPM'' Singles Chart<ref name="RPM"/>
| align="center"|2
|-
|-
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|4|chartid=9715|rowheader=true|access-date=26 April 2018}}
|Canadian ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9715&URLjpg=https%3a%2f%2ffanyv88.com%3a443%2fhttp%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9715.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9715|title=Adult Contemporary - Volume 70, No. 13, Jan 31, 2000|publisher=''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' |accessdate=June 29, 2016}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|}
|}


===Year-end charts===
==References==
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<references/>
!scope="col"|Chart (1999)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9952&URLjpg=https%3a%2f%2ffanyv88.com%3a443%2fhttp%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9952.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9952|title=RPM 1999 Top 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref>
|71
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9964&URLjpg=https%3a%2f%2ffanyv88.com%3a443%2fhttp%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9964.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9964|title=RPM 1999 Top 100 Adult Contemporary|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref>
|84
|}


==External links==
==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
*{{youtube|XGCgdCl1gPk|"Before You" Official music video}}
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!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row"|Canada
|7 September 1999
|Radio
|[[Sony Music|Sony Canada]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|<ref name="leblanc"/>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"|United States
|14 February 2000
|[[Adult album alternative|Triple A radio]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
|-
|3 April 2000
|{{hlist|[[Hot adult contemporary]]|[[modern adult contemporary]] radio}}
|align="center"|<ref name="r&r">{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1344|pages=37, 78|date=21 March 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Gavin AC/Hot AC: Impact Dates|magazine=[[Gavin Report]]|issue=2298|page=32|date=31 March 2000}}</ref>
|-
|4 April 2000
|[[Contemporary hit radio]]
|align="center"|<ref name="r&r"/>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:1999 singles]]
[[Category:1999 singles]]
[[Category:1999 songs]]
[[Category:1999 songs]]
[[Category:Chantal Kreviazuk songs]]
[[Category:Chantal Kreviazuk songs]]
[[Category:Columbia Records singles]]

[[Category:Songs written by Chantal Kreviazuk]]
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[[Category:Songs written by Jay Joyce]]
[[Category:Sony Music singles]]

Revision as of 10:47, 3 March 2024

"Before You"
Single by Chantal Kreviazuk
from the album Colour Moving and Still
Released7 September 1999 (1999-09-07)
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jay Joyce
Chantal Kreviazuk singles chronology
"Feels Like Home"
(1999) 		"Before You"
(1999) 		"Dear Life"
(2000)
Music video
"Before You" on YouTube

"Before You" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk. It was released as the lead single from Kreviazuk's second studio album, Colour Moving and Still, on 7 September 1999. The song peaked at number two on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart, behind "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden, and is Kreviazuk's biggest hit in Canada to date. Kreviazuk performed the song live at the 2000 Juno Awards.

Background

Kreviazuk wrote the song several days before the recording of Colour Moving and Still. She explained, "We were in our third day of preproduction, and I was so bummed ... I wrote the song during that low point. It showed me that a creative low can bring something great out of you."[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 2
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[3] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 71
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[5] 84

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
Canada 7 September 1999 Radio Sony Canada [1]
United States 14 February 2000 Triple A radio Columbia
3 April 2000
[6][7]
4 April 2000 Contemporary hit radio [6]

References

  1. ^ a b LeBlanc, Larry (18 March 2000). "Kreviazuk Keeps 'Moving'" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 12. p. 93. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 10026." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 9715." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. ^ "RPM 1999 Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. ^ "RPM 1999 Top 100 Adult Contemporary". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1344. 21 March 2000. pp. 37, 78.
  7. ^ "Gavin AC/Hot AC: Impact Dates". Gavin Report. No. 2298. 31 March 2000. p. 32.
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