"Lift Me Up" is a song by Geri Halliwell

Geri Halliwell

Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...

, the third single from her debut solo album Schizophonic

Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell album)

Schizophonic is the debut solo album by pop singer Geri Halliwell. The album was released after her split from popular girl group the Spice Girls...

. It was released on 1 November 1999, and debuted and peaked at number-one in the United Kingdom, winning the battle against Emma Bunton

Emma Bunton

Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice...

'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

What I Am

"What I Am" is a song written by Edie Brickell and Kenny Withrow and recorded by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians for their debut album, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars . It peaked at number thirty-one in the United Kingdom, while reaching number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States...

" (which was a collaboration with Tin Tin Out

Tin Tin Out

Tin Tin Out is a UK electronic dance music duo comprising Darren Stokes and Lindsay Edwards.-Career:They are well known as active remixers, working on increasingly higher-profile songs as the 1990s progressed, however also have their own recording careers...

). 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

Málaga

Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...

, Spain

Spain

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.

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	1
Malaysian Single Chart	3
Irish IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:...  Singles Chart	8
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,...	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 ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...  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
   Live and Let Die (song)
   "Live and Let Die" is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die and was performed by Paul McCartney & Wings for the movie soundtrack and appears on the soundtrack album. The song was one of Wings' most successful singles, and the most successful Bond theme to that point...
   
   " - 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
   Live and Let Die (song)
   "Live and Let Die" is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die and was performed by Paul McCartney & Wings for the movie soundtrack and appears on the soundtrack album. The song was one of Wings' most successful singles, and the most successful Bond theme to that point...
   
   " - 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