Gotta Get Thru This (song) explained

Gotta Get Thru This
Cover:DanielBedingfieldGottaGetThruThis.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Daniel Bedingfield
Album:Gotta Get Thru This
Genre:UK garage[1]
Length:2:42
Label:Relentless
Producer:
Next Title:James Dean (I Wanna Know)
Next Year:2002

"Gotta Get Thru This" is the debut single of New Zealand-British singer Daniel Bedingfield. The song was released in November 2001 as the lead single from his debut studio album of the same name (2002). The track, along with some others, was recorded in Bedingfield's bedroom with his PC and a microphone, using the music software Reason.[2]

The single went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in both 2001 and 2002, making it one of Bedingfield's most successful singles on the chart.[3] Outside the United Kingdom, the single peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Canada and the United States. In the latter country, it received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording but lost to "Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas. The single became Britain's sixteenth biggest-selling single of 2001 and has since been certified double platinum. Capital Xtra included the song on their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time".[4]

Song background

Bedingfield was inspired to write the song while walking across Tower Bridge in London, frustrated at being separated from a girl he was in love with from Leeds, in the north of England. The girl was a red-haired American dancer named Gina, and he was upset that the distance between them was preventing him from pursuing her. Bedingfield went home and recorded the song in his bedroom with a microphone plugged to his home computer using a Making Waves computer audio program. The song cost £1,500 to record, and after pressing some of his own copies of the song, Bedingfield sent them to various DJs, and DJ EZ included it on a compilation. After hearing it, Polydor signed him, and the song became a big hit.[5] [6]

Music video

The music video features Bedingfield looking for a woman in a number of locations in London, most notably West India Quay, a bridge connecting West India to Canary Wharf, and the Canary Wharf Docklands area. He is pursuing a woman he may know and comes inches close while chasing her around Docklands Light Railway, and eventually meets her at Canary Wharf. Canadian director Little X directed the video.

A second version of the video, also directed by Little X, was created for North America. In the beginning of the North American music video, an acoustic version of "Gotta Get Thru This" is featured and then the official D'n'D version starts playing after.

Track listings

UK CD single[7]

  1. "Gotta Get Thru This" (D'n'D radio edit)
  2. "Gotta Get Thru This" (D'n'D full length version)
  3. "Gotta Get Thru This" (Stella Browne vocal mix)
  4. "Gotta Get Thru This" (CD-ROM video)

UK 12-inch single[8]

A1. "Gotta Get Thru This" (D'n'D full length version)

B1. "Gotta Get Thru This" (original version)

B2. "Gotta Get Thru This" (Stella Browne vocal mix)

UK cassette single[9]

  1. "Gotta Get Thru This" (D'n'D radio edit)
  2. "Gotta Get Thru This" (D'n'D full length version)

European CD single[10]

  1. "Gotta Get Thru This" (D'n'D radio edit) – 2:41
  2. "Gotta Get Thru This" (CD-ROM video)

Canadian CD single[11]

  1. "Gotta Get Thru This" (D'n'D radio edit) – 2:41
  2. "Gotta Get Thru This" (D'n'D full length version) – 4:44
  3. "Gotta Get Thru This" (Stella Browne vocal mix) – 7:33

Australian CD single[12]

  1. "Gotta Get Thru This" (radio edit) – 2:41
  2. "Gotta Get Thru This" (D'n'D full length version) – 4:39
  3. "Gotta Get Thru This" (Stella Browne vocal mix) – 7:33
  4. "Gotta Get Thru This" (original version) – 4:31

Charts

Weekly charts

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Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[13] 5
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Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[14] 8
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Ireland Dance (IRMA)[15] 5
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Romania (Romanian Top 100)[16] 56
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Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Gotta Get Thru This"!Chart (2001)!Position
UK Singles (OCC)[17] 16
Chart (2002)Position
Australia (ARIA)[18] 89
Australian Dance (ARIA)[19] 16
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[20] 61
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[21] 70
UK Singles (OCC)[22] 63
UK Airplay (Music Week)[23] 30
US Billboard Hot 100[24] 61
US Dance Club Play (Billboard)[25] 22
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[26] 32
US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)[27] 55

Decade-end charts

Decade-end chart performance for "Gotta Get Thru This"!Chart (2000–2009)!Position
UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade[29] 61

Release history

Region!scope="col"
DateFormat(s)Label(s)
United Kingdom26 November 2001Relentless[30]
Australia11 February 2002CDMinistry of Sound[31]
Canada23 April 2002CDJive[32]
United States1 July 2002Island[33]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Jones. Sammy. DJ Paypal has remixed Daniel Bedingfield's Gotta Get Thru This. Crack Magazine. 12 February 2016. 10 May 2018.
  2. Web site: First Single, "Gotta Get Thru This" Released. Bedingfield. Daniel. Daniel Bedingfield. Facebook. 9 March 2015.
  3. Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 667–8.
  4. Web site: The Best Old-School Garage Anthems Of All Time. Capital XTRA. 27 January 2021. 13 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210413104534/https://www.capitalxtra.com/features/lists/best-old-school-garage-songs/. dead.
  5. Web site: Gotta Get Thru This by Daniel Bedingfield Songfacts . Songfacts.com . 1 April 2014.
  6. Web site: A Real-Life Romantic Situation Inspired Daniel Bedingfield's Hit Song "Gotta Get Thru This" | Nexus Radio. 27 May 2022.
  7. Gotta Get Thru This. Daniel Bedingfield. 2001. UK CD single liner notes. Relentless Records. RELENT27CD.
  8. Gotta Get Thru This. Daniel Bedingfield. 2001. UK 12-inch single vinyl disc. Relentless Records. RELENT27T.
  9. Gotta Get Thru This. Daniel Bedingfield. 2001. UK cassette single sleeve. Relentless Records. RELENT27MC.
  10. Gotta Get Thru This. Daniel Bedingfield. 2001. European CD single liner notes. Relentless Records, Jive Records. 9253359.
  11. Gotta Get Thru This. Daniel Bedingfield. 2001. Canadian CD single liner notes. Relentless Records, Jive Records. 01241-48226-2.
  12. Gotta Get Thru This. Daniel Bedingfield. 2002. Australian CD single liner notes. Ministry of Sound. MOSCD5014.
  13. Daniel Bedingfield Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs). Billboard. 26 April 2021.
  14. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 19. 51. 11. 15 December 2001. 11 February 2020.
  15. Web site: Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 17 January 2003. GfK Chart-Track. 3 June 2019.
  16. Web site: Romanian Top 100 - arhiva. 9 December 2004. 1 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20041209022823/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10006.html. 9 December 2004 .
  17. Web site: 2001 UK Singles Chart. UKChartsPlus. 18 May 2015.
  18. Web site: 2002 ARIA Singles Chart. ARIA. 17 September 2020.
  19. Web site: ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Dance Singles 2002. ARIA. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200415012238/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-dance-singles-2002.htm. 15 April 2020. 17 September 2020.
  20. Web site: Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002. Jam!. 14 January 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184715/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles.html. 6 September 2004. 22 March 2022.
  21. Year in Review – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2002. Music & Media. 21. 2–3. 14. 11 January 2003. 10 February 2020.
  22. Web site: The Official UK Singles Chart 2002. UKChartsPlus. 26 May 2018.
  23. Most Broadcast of 2002 — Airplay Top 50. Music Week. 31. January 18, 2003. August 4, 2023.
  24. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 2002. Billboardtop100of.com. 17 September 2020.
  25. The Year in Music 2002: Hot Dance Club-Play Singles. Billboard. 114. 52. YE-53. 28 December 2002.
  26. Most-Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2002. Airplay Monitor. 10. 51. 12. 20 December 2002.
  27. Most-Played Rhythmic Top 40 Songs of 2002. Airplay Monitor. 10. 51. 22. 20 December 2002.
  28. Web site: Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2003. April 3, 2018. Crowley Broadcast Analysis. January 30, 2022.
  29. Radio 1 Official Chart of the Decade, as broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on 29 December 2009, presented by DJ Nihal
  30. New Releases – For Week Starting November 26, 2001: Singles. Music Week. 31. 24 November 2001. 18 August 2021.
  31. Web site: The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 11th February 2002. ARIA. 25. 11 February 2002. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030106130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030107-0000/Issue673.pdf. 6 January 2003. 10 June 2021.
  32. Web site: 'Gotta Get Thru This' (3 Mixes). CDPlus.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20030518233629/http://www.cdplus.com/cdplus300/default.asp?isle=0&action=detail&code=349799. May 18, 2003.
  33. Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 1459. 26. 28 June 2002. 10 June 2021.

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