Guilty (Blue song)

"Guilty" is a song by British boy band Blue from their third album, Guilty. It was co-written by Gary Barlow of the British boy band Take That. Released as a single on 20 October 2003, "Guilty" peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and entered the top 40 in several other countries, including Denmark, where it debuted at No. 1.

"Guilty"
Single by Blue
from the album Guilty
B-side	"Too Close" "Rock the Night" "Back It Up"
Released	20 October 2003 (2003-10-20)
Length	3:44
Label	Innocent Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Gary Barlow Eliot Kennedy Timothy Woodcock Duncan James
Producer(s)	True North Martin Harrington Ash Howes
Blue singles chronology
"U Make Me Wanna" (2003) "Guilty" (2003) "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (2003)
Music video
"Guilty" on YouTube

Track listings

UK CD1^[1]

1. "Guilty"
2. "Too Close"

UK CD2^[2]

1. "Guilty" – 3:44
2. "Rock the Night" – 3:21
3. "Back It Up" – 3:29
4. "Guilty" (video) – 3:44

UK DVD single^[3]

1. "Guilty" (video) – 3:44
2. "Back It Up" (picture gallery) – 3:21
3. "Guilty Instrumental" (picture gallery) – 3:29

Japanese CD single^[4]

1. "Guilty"
2. "Rock the Night"
3. "Back It Up"

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD2 liner notes.^[2]

Gary Barlow – writing Eliot Kennedy – writing Timothy Woodcock – writing Duncan James – writing Blue – all vocals John Themis – guitar

True North – production Martin Harrington – production Ash Howes – production, mixing Reece Gilmore – programming Simon Hale – string arrangement, conductor Gavyn Wright – concertmaster

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003–2004) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[5] 29 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 20 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 19 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[8] 2 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[9] 48 Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[10] 2 Denmark (Tracklisten)[11] 1 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[12] 3 Europe (European Hit Radio)[13] 7 France (SNEP)[14] 37 Germany (GfK)[15] 19 Greece (IFPI)[16] 13 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[17] 37 Hungary (Single Top 40)[18] 3 Ireland (IRMA)[19] 4 Italy (FIMI)[20] 6 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 17 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 11 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23] 14 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[24] 9 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[25] 36 Scotland (OCC)[26] 2 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[27] 2 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 16 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 22 UK Singles (OCC)[30] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position CIS (TopHit)[31] 62 Ireland (IRMA)[32] 89 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[33] 42 UK Singles (OCC)[34] 51

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	20 October 2003	CD	Innocent Virgin	[35]
Japan	29 October 2003			[36]
Australia	3 November 2003			[37]