Sitting Down Here

"Sitting Down Here"
Single by Lene Marlin
from the album Playing My Game
Released September 27, 1999
Format
Recorded Disclab, Oslo, Norway
Genre
Length 3:55
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Lene Marlin
Producer(s)
  • Hans G
  • Jorn Dahl
Lene Marlin singles chronology
"Unforgivable Sinner"
(1998)		 "Sitting Down Here"
(1999)		 "Where I'm Headed"
(2000)

"Unforgivable Sinner"
(1998)		 "Sitting Down Here"
(1999)		 "Where I'm Headed"
(2000)
Music video
"Sitting Down Here" on YouTube
Audio sample
Lene Marlin - "Sitting Down Here"
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"Sitting Down Here" is a pop song written by Norwegian singer-songwriter Lene Marlin for Marlin's 1999 debut album, Playing My Game. The song is the album's opening track, and was released as its second single, peaking at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2000 in British music). It also peaked within the top ten in Finland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Norway. The song was certified gold in Norway.[1]

Song information

"Sitting Down Here" is a pop song composed in common time and has the standard verse-chorus form. Its instrumentation comes mainly from the guitar.[2]

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Sitting Down Here".

  • CD single (1999)
  1. "Sitting Down Here" 3:57
  2. "The Way We Are" (live acoustic version)
  • CD single maxi (1999)
  1. "Sitting Down Here" (original version)
  2. "Playing My Game" (acoustic version)
  3. "I Know" (2:23)
  • French CD single
  1. "Sitting Down Here" (original version)
  2. "Sitting Down Here" (Tin Tin Out mix)
  • UK CD single maxi (2000)
  1. "Sitting Down Here" (original version)
  2. "Sitting Down Here" (Tin Tin Out mix) 3:49
  3. "Playing My Game" (acoustic version)
  4. Sitting Down Here (Video)
  • UK cassette (2000)
  1. "Sitting Down Here" (original version)
  2. "Sitting Down Here" (Tin Tin Out mix)
  3. "Playing My Game" (acoustic version)

Credits and personnel

Charts

Sales and certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)[11] Gold 5,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Other versions

Sandy Lam recorded a Mandarin cover version of "Sitting Down Here" as <<我坐在這裡>> for her 2000 album 林憶蓮's.

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121105012246/http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist
  2. ↑ Playing My game (CD liner notes). Virgin Records. April 1999.
  3. ↑ norwegiancharts.com - Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here
  4. ↑ Chart Stats - Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here
  5. ↑ Sitting Down Here @ finnishcharts.com Retrieved September 2009
  6. ↑ "Top 10 Hungary" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (Vikuna 23.9. - 30.9. 1999 39. Vika)" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Lene Marlin – Sitting Down Here" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  10. ↑ "End of Year Charts 2000". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Trofeer" (in Norwegian). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry – Norway. 2001. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
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