Leave Right Now

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"Leave Right Now"
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Single by Will Young
from the album Friday's Child
Released24 November 2003 (2003-11-24)
Length3:31
Label
Songwriter(s) Eg White
Producer(s) Stephen Lipson
Will Young singles chronology
"Don't Let Me Down" / "You and I"
(2002)		"Leave Right Now"
(2003)		"Your Game"
(2004)
Alternative covers
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Australian artwork

"Leave Right Now" is a song by British singer Will Young. It was written by Eg White and produced by Stephen Lipson for Young's second studio album, Friday's Child (2003). A song about unrequited love, it was released as the album's first single, becoming another number-one hit on the Irish and the UK Singles Chart.

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White was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Leave Right Now" in 2004. The song was later also included on the international version of Young's third album, Keep On (2005). It also served as the exit song for the ninth season of American Idol . [1] Young performed it on the penultimate episode to accompany a video montage recapping the season on 25 May 2010.

Critical reception

Stylus Magazine , who were mostly mixed to negative for Young's previous number ones, rated "Leave Right Now" with 9/10, saying "Better. Much, much better. By this time Will was comfortable as a popstar, prepared to add a little WTF to his videos (here he has a fight with the viewer in an art gallery), and had his style down pat: jacket and jeans rocked to a level not seen since Lovejoy and Tinker were bossing things in the late 80s. He had songs to match as well: 'Leave Right Now' is just one of the most English songs ever, which is understandable: what could be more English than a privately educated homosexual? The guy's a moderate genius—Dido with testicles and a heart." [2] In 2007, Freaky Trigger ranked the song at number 54 in their list of the "Top 100 Songs of All Time," with critic Pete Baran calling it "one of the ballsiest songs of the noughties." [3] In 2020, The Guardian ranked "Leave Right Now" at number 74 in its list of "The 100 greatest UK No 1 singles". [4]

Commercial performance

The single went to number one in the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for two weeks, [5] selling 117,702 copies in its first week. [6] As of December 2018, the single had sold 638,000 copies, (728,000 including streaming equivalent sales). [5] The song has sold 50,000 copies in the United States according to Billboard , with 32,000 of those occurring the week he performed on American Idol . [7]

Music video

A music video for "Leave Right Now" was directed by Kevin Godley. The clip, which has no transitions and features actress Kelly Wenham as one of the party guests, features Young at a party where a fight starts and he gets caught up in it.

Track listings

UK CD single [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Leave Right Now" Eg White Stephen Lipson 3:33
2."Cry"
  • Gallagher
  • Stannard
4:20
3."Leave Right Now" (acoustic)WhiteLipson4:12
4."Leave Right Now" (video)  3:36
European CD single [9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Leave Right Now"WhiteLipson3:33
2."Ticket to Love" (live at Exeter Festival 2003)
 5:23
Australian CD single [10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Leave Right Now"WhiteLipson3:33
2."Ticket to Love" (live at Exeter Festival 2003)
  • Dennis
  • Young
 5:23
3."Cry"
  • Gallagher
  • Stannard
4:20
4."Leave Right Now" (acoustic)WhiteLipson4:12
5."Leave Right Now" (video)  3:36

Credits and personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Leave Right Now"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [31] Platinum622,000 [32]

Release history

Release history for "Leave Right Now"
RegionDateLabelFormatRef(s)
United Kingdom24 November 2003CD [33]
Australia8 March 2004 [34]

Cover versions

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