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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 |
| alt =
|Format= [[CD single]]
| type = single
|Border=no
| artist = [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]
|Caption=
| album = [[Colour Moving and Still]]
|Type=
| released = {{start date|1999|9|7|df=y}}
|Artist= [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]
| recorded =
|Album= [[Colour Moving and Still]]
| studio =
|Published=
| venue =
|Released= 1999
| genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres -->
|track_no=
| length = 3:52
|Recorded=
| label =
|Genre= [[Modern adult contemporary|Adult alternative]]
* [[Sony Music|Sony Canada]]
|Language= [[English language|English]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
|Length= 3:52
|Writer 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)
| Thismisc single = {{External music video|{{YouTube|XGCgdCl1gPk|"'''Before You'''"<br>(1999)}}}}
| 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 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==
===Weekly charts===
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|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!scope="col"|Chart (20001999–2000)
!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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!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
|}
 
==ExternalRelease linkshistory==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
*{{youtube|XGCgdCl1gPk|"Before You" Official music video}}
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!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
|-
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|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}}
 
{{Chantal Kreviazuk}}
{{Authority control}}
 
[[Category:1999 singles]]
[[Category:1999 songs]]
[[Category:Chantal Kreviazuk songs]]
[[Category:Columbia Records singles]]
 
[[Category:Songs written by Chantal Kreviazuk]]
{{1990s-song-stub}}
[[Category:Songs written by Jay Joyce]]
[[Category:Sony Music singles]]

Latest 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[edit]

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[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

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

Year-end charts[edit]

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

Release history[edit]

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[edit]

  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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