Lift Me Up (Geri Halliwell song)

"Lift Me Up"
Single by Geri Halliwell
from the album Schizophonic
B-side	"Live and Let Die" "Very Slowly"
Released	1 November 1999
Format	CD single, cassette
Recorded	1999
Genre	Pop
Length	3:53
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Geri Halliwell Paul Wilson Andy Watkins Tracey Ackerman
Producer	Paul Wilson Andy Watkins
Geri Halliwell singles chronology
"Mi Chico Latino" (1999) "Lift Me Up" (1999) "Bag It Up" (2000)
Alternative cover

"Lift Me Up" is a song by Geri Halliwell, the third single from her debut solo album Schizophonic. It was released on 1 November 1999, and debuted and peaked at number-one in the United Kingdom, winning the battle against Emma Bunton's "What I Am" (number-two) by 33,000 copies.

Chart performance

Geri released her third single on 1 November, along with Emma Bunton's debut, "What I Am" (which was a collaboration with Tin Tin Out). When Geri discovered that her single was to be released on the same date as that of her former Spice colleague, she wanted to back out, but it was too close to the release date for her to pull out, and so, in true Geri style, she became determined for her single to reach number one over Emma's. "Lift Me Up" reached number one in the UK charts on 13 November 1999. On the first day of sales, Geri was ahead of Emma by only 200 copies, but due to a furious whirlwind of promotion on Geri's part, "Lift Me Up" wound up selling 139,000 copies in its first week ("What I Am"'s first week sales were 106,000 copies). Its total sales are 341,768 copies in the United Kingdom, the single enjoyed a fifteen-week run in the UK Top 100.

Music video

The music video for "Lift Me Up" was directed by Howard Greenhalgh and filmed in October 1999 in Malaga, Spain.

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	1
Malaysian Single Chart	3
Irish IRMA Singles Chart	8
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	11
Brazil Hot 100	12
Italian Singles Chart	19
Finnish Singles Chart	20
Canadian Singles Chart (on imports alone)	35
Swedish Singles Chart	56
Dutch Singles Chart	71
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	74
German Singles Chart	77
Year-End Charts (1999)
UK Top 100 Singles of the Year	57

Uk Sales: 341,768 (Gold)

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Lift Me Up".

UK CD1/European CD2
(Released 1 November 1999)

1. "Lift Me Up" - 3:52
2. "Lift Me Up" [Metro Edit] - 3:57
3. "Lift Me Up" [Almighty Edit] - 3:24
4. "Lift Me Up" [K-Klass Phazerphunk Mix] - 8:02

UK CD2/European CD1
(Released 1 November 1999)

1. "Lift Me Up" - 3:52
2. "Live and Let Die" - 3:10
3. "Very Slowly" - 3:59
4. "Lift Me Up" Enhanced Video

European 2-Track CD Single
(Released 1 November 1999)

1. "Lift Me Up" - 3:52
2. "Live and Let Die" - 3:10
3. "Lift Me Up" Enhanced Video

Italian 12"
(Released November 1, 1999)

1. "Lift Me Up" [K-Klass Phazerphunk Mix] - 8:02
2. "Lift Me Up" [Sharp Deadly Dub] - 6:55
3. "Lift Me Up" [Sharp Sonik Vocal Mix] - 7:34
4. "Lift Me Up" - 3:52

Official versions and remixes

1. Album Version - 3:52
2. Almighty 7" Definitive Mix - 3:24
3. Almighty Definitive Mix* - 6:54
4. Almighty Edit - 6:06
5. K-Klass Phazerphunk Mix - 8:02
6. K-Klass Phazerphunk Radio Mix* - 4:06
7. K-Klass Phazerphunk Mix Edit - 3:18
8. Metro Club Mix* - 6:04
9. Metro Edit - 3:57
10. Metro Extended Mix* - 6:06
11. Pharmacy Phazerphunk Dub* - 7:22
12. Sharp Sonik Vocal Mix - 7:34
13. Sharp Deadly Dub - 6:55

* only appears on promotional singles

Preceded by "Keep on Movin'" by 5ive

UK Singles Chart number one single 13 November 1999 – 19 November 1999

Succeeded by "She's the One" / "It's Only Us" by Robbie Williams