Sacred Trust / After You're Gone

"Sacred Trust / After You're Gone" is the debut double-A side single of British boy band One True Voice. It was released on 16 December 2002, the same day that female winners Girls Aloud released their single "Sound of the Underground". The two songs were competing for the coveted Christmas number one spot on the UK Singles Chart. "Sacred Trust / After You're Gone" reached number two on that chart, beaten to the top by "Sound of the Underground". The double A-side also reached number nine in Ireland.

"Sacred Trust / After You're Gone"
Single by One True Voice
Released	16 December 2002 (2002-12-16)[1]
Recorded	2002
Genre	Pop
Length	4:45 ("Sacred Trust") 4:08 ("After You're Gone")
Label	Jive, Ebul
Songwriter(s)	Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)	Work in Progress
One True Voice singles chronology
"Sacred Trust / After You're Gone" (2002) "Shakespeare's (Way with) Words" (2003)
Music video
"Sacred Trust" on YouTube
Music video
"After You're Gone" on YouTube

"Sacred Trust" is a cover version of a song originally written and produced by the Bee Gees from the 2001 album This Is Where I Came In.

Release and reception

One True Voice were formed in November 2002 on the ITV1 programme Popstars: The Rivals. The concept of the programme was to produce a boyband and a girl group who would be 'rivals' and compete for the Christmas number one single in 2002. The five boys who made it into the group which was to be managed by Pete Waterman were Daniel Pearce, Matt Johnson, Keith Semple, Jamie Shaw, and Anton Gordon. The boy band were managed by Pete Waterman. The two groups competed for the number one position in the Christmas week issue of the UK Singles Chart, and Girls Aloud came out on top with their song "Sound of the Underground". Girls Aloud later released their own version of "Sacred Trust" on the rarities disc of their 2006 greatest hits album The Sound of Girls Aloud.

Chart performance

"Sacred Trust / After You're Gone" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart on 22 December 2002, the same day as their rivals Girls Aloud reached number one with "Sound of the Underground". The single sold 147,000 copies compared to first week sales of 213,000 for "Sound of the Underground".^[2] In Ireland it only managed to chart at number nine while Girls Aloud entered the chart at number two.^[3] It remained in both charts for six weeks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writers	Length
1.	"Sacred Trust"	Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb	4:45
2.	"After You're Gone (I'll Still Be Loving You)"	Mick Parker, Pete Waterman, Steve Pearce	4:08

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002–2003) Peak position Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[4] 3 Ireland (IRMA)[5] 9 Scotland (OCC)[6] 2 UK Singles (OCC)[7] 2 UK Indie (OCC)[8] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position UK Singles (OCC)[9] 38 Chart (2003) Position UK Singles (OCC)[10] 147

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11]	Silver	263,900[12]

References

1. "For Week Starting 16 December 2002: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 14 December 2002. p. 27. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
2. "Girls Aloud top festive chart". BBC News. 23 December 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
3. "TOP 50 SINGLES, WEEK ENDING 19 December 2002". IRMA. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
4. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 21, no. 2–3. 11 January 2003. p. 20. Retrieved 25 March 2020. See last week column.
5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Sacred Trust / After You've Gone". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
6. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
8. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
9. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2002" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
10. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2003" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
11. "British single certifications – One True Voice – Sacred Trust/After You're Gone". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
12. Myers, Justin (22 December 2016). "Christmas Number 1 flashback: Girls Aloud vs One True Voice". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 December 2016.