Leave Right Now

This article is about the song by Will Young. For the EP by Will Young, see Leave Right Now (album). For the song by Riverside Girls, see Leave Right Now (Riverside Girls song).

"Leave Right Now"
Single by Will Young
from the album Friday's Child
Released	24 November 2003 (UK) 27 May 2010 (USA)
Format	CD
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop
Length	3:31
Label	BMG
Writer(s)	Eg White
Producer	Stephen Lipson
Will Young singles chronology
"Don't Let Me Down" / "You and I" (2002) "Leave Right Now" (2003) "Your Game" (2004)
Alternative covers UK CD 2

"Leave Right Now" is a popular song written by Eg White and performed by Will Young. It appears on Young's second album, Friday's Child, and was released as the first single from the album, and Young's fifth overall. The single went to number one in the UK Singles Chart, selling 117,700 in its first week of release, and making it Young's fourth number one single overall. The song also appears on the international version of Young's third album, Keep On.

The song is reportedly about unrequited love.

White was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Leave Right Now" in 2004.

The song has sold 548,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company. In Ireland, it was the Christmas number one single; however, it peaked too soon in the UK to contend for the Christmas number-one there.

It was covered in French by Pierrick Lilliu as "La même erreur" (The Same Mistake) on his 2005 debut album, Besoin d'espace. Earlier that year, Lilliu was a runner-up in the French reality show, Nouvelle Star. The show is an analogue to the UK's Pop Idol, which launched Will Young's career. It was parodied in Ireland by Mario Rosenstock for the radio show Gift Grub, whose identically titled version poked fun at Roy Keane's controversial departure from Manchester United and his falling-out with Alex Ferguson. Rosenstock's version also reached number one on the Irish Christmas charts

"Leave Right Now" was the exit song for the ninth season of American Idol. Young performed it on the penultimate episode (25 May 2010) to accompany a video montage recapping the season.

The song has sold 50,000 copies in the US according to Billboard [32,000 the week he performed on American idol].

Single track listing

CD1

1. "Leave Right Now" (Eg White)
2. "Ticket to Love" (live from Exeter) (Cathy Dennis, Will Young)

CD2

1. "Leave Right Now"
2. "Cry" (Young, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher)
3. "Leave Right Now" (Acoustic)
4. "Leave Right Now" (Video)

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK	1
Ireland	1
Sweden	6
Norway	17
Netherlands	36
Lebanon	4

Chart (2000–2009)	Position
UK Singles Chart	67

Chart (2010)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	81
U.S. Billboard Hot AC Tracks	19
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	50
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Songs	5
New Zealand Singles Chart	29

External links

• "Leave Right Now" lyrics

Preceded by "Mandy" by Westlife	UK number-one single November 30, 2003 - December 14, 2003	Succeeded by "Changes" by Ozzy Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne
Preceded by "Sound of the Underground" by Girls Aloud	Christmas number one single (Ireland) (Will Young version) 2003	Succeeded by "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20
Preceded by "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20	Christmas number one single (Ireland) (Mario Rosenstock version) 2005	Succeeded by "A Moment Like This" by Leona Lewis
Preceded by "Home Sweet Home" by Carrie Underwood	American Idol Farewell Song Season 9 (2010)	Succeeded by "Don't You" by David Cook