Sing When You're Winning

Sing When You're Winning is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It was released on 28 August 2000.

Sing When You're Winning
Studio album by
Released28 August 2000
Recorded1999–2000
StudioHookend Manor, Oxfordshire and Master Rock Studios, London[1]
GenreDance-pop[2]
Length75:58
Label
Producer
Robbie Williams chronology
The Ego Has Landed
(1999)
Sing When You're Winning
(2000)
Swing When You're Winning
(2001)
Singles from Sing When You're Winning
  1. "Rock DJ"
    Released: 31 July 2000
  2. "Kids"
    Released: 9 October 2000
  3. "Supreme"
    Released: 11 December 2000
  4. "Let Love Be Your Energy"
    Released: 9 April 2001
  5. "Eternity / The Road to Mandalay"
    Released: 9 July 2001
  6. "Better Man"
    Released: 22 October 2001

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Let Love Be Your Energy"   4:59
2. "Better Man"   3:22
3. "Rock DJ"   4:18
4. "Supreme"   4:18
5. "Kids" (with Kylie Minogue) 4:46
6. "If It's Hurting You"   4:10
7. "Singing for the Lonely"   4:31
8. "Love Calling Earth"   4:05
9. "Knutsford City Limits"   4:45
10. "Forever Texas"   3:37
11. "By All Means Necessary"   4:45
12. "The Road to Mandalay" (the song ends at 3:57, and includes the outro hidden track, which begins at 28:09) 28:16
Collector's edition bonus tracks
No. Title Length
14. "Often" (Live in Manchester) 3:57
15. "Better Man" (Live in Manchester) (video) 4:43
16. "Phoenix from the Flames" (Live in Manchester) (video) 4:18
Mainland Europe bonus track
No. Title Length
14. "Suprême"   4:22
Latin America and Canada bonus tracks
No. Title Length
14. "Suprême"   4:22
15. "Ser Mejor"   4:02
Mainland America bonus track
No. Title Length
14. "Rock DJ" (music video) 4:22
Special edition bonus DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Rock DJ" (Live on TOTP)  
2. "Kids" (Live on TOTP)  
3. "Kids" (Live at the MTV Music Awards)  
4. "Let Love Be Your Energy" (Live on Later... with Jools Holland)  
5. "Better Man" (Live on Later... with Jools Holland)  
6. "Supreme" (Live on TOTP)  
7. "Michael Parkinson Interview"    
8. "Eternity" (Live on TOTP)  
9. "The Road to Mandalay" (Live on TOTP)  

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]

Vocals
  • Robbie Williams – vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (7)
  • Kylie Minogue – vocals (5)
  • Crystal Adams – backing vocals (4)
  • Andre Barreau – backing vocals (7)
  • Andy Caine – backing vocals (1, 3, 8, 12)
  • Dave Catlin-Birch – backing vocals (1, 2, 7)
  • Guy Chambers – backing vocals (12)
  • Derek Green – backing vocals (3)
  • Marielle Hervé – backing vocals (4)
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals (3, 5)
  • Sylvia Mason-James – backing vocals (3, 5, 10)
  • Steve McEwan – backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 12)
  • Tessa Niles – backing vocals (3, 5, 10)
  • Gary Nuttall – backing vocals (1, 2, 5–7, 10, 11)
  • Pauline Taylor – backing vocals (9)
  • Claire Worrall – backing vocals (1, 5, 7, 9–11)
Instrumentation
  • Dave Bishop – saxophone (3)
  • Winston Blissett – bass guitar (3, 9)
  • Pauline Boeykens – tuba (12)
  • Dave Catlin-Birch – bass guitar (2, 6, 7, 11, 12), 12-string electric guitar (7)
  • Guy Chambers – keyboards, guitar, piano (2, 6, 12), synthesizer, organ (12), clavinet (12), omnichord (12)
  • Pete Davies – keyboards (9)
  • Alex Dickson – electric guitar (10), autoharp (12)
  • Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar (6, 12)
  • Andy Duncan – percussion (1, 2)
  • Fil Eisler – bass guitar (1, 10)
  • Mark Feltham – harmonica (10)
  • Edgar Herzog – clarinet (12)
  • Bob Lanese – trumpet (12)
  • Brad Lang – bass guitar, double bass (8)
  • Steve McEwan – electric guitar (10)
  • Gary Nuttall – electric banjo (6)
  • Phil Palmer – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar (2)
  • Steve Power – vocoder (3), glockenspiel (12)
  • Chris Sharrock – drums (1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 12), ambient kit (4), percussion (5)
  • Neil Sidwell – trombone (3)
  • Steve Sidwell – trumpet (3)
  • Phil Spalding – bass guitar (1, 4, 5)
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums (7, 11)
  • Neil Taylor – acoustic guitar (4), electric guitar
Technical
  • Guy Chambers – production, arranger, orchestration (2, 11)
  • Steve Power – production, mixing
  • Jim Brumby – programming, Pro Tools (5, 7, 10, 12)
  • Pete Davies – drum programming (9)
  • Andy Duncan – drum programming (1, 3–5, 7–10, 12), Pro Tools (12)
  • Richard Flack – drum programming (4, 7, 9), Pro Tools (all tracks)
  • Nick Ingman – orchestration (1, 3, 4, 8, 11)
  • Steve Price – orchestral engineering (2–4, 8, 11)
  • Savvas Iossifidis – engineering
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineering
  • David Naughton – assistant mix engineering
  • Tony Cousins – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 16
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[8] 17
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9] 5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 6
French Albums (SNEP)[12] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 1
Icelandic Albums (Tonlist)[14] 7
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[18] 5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19] 22
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 1
US Billboard 200[23] 110

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[24] 58
European Albums (Music & Media)[25] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[26] 30
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[27] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 47
UK Albums (OCC)[29] 2
Chart (2001) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[30] 63
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[31] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[32] 46
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[33] 50
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[34] 19
French Albums (SNEP)[35] 114
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[36] 7
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[37] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[38] 71
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 31
UK Albums (OCC)[40] 32
Chart (2002) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[41] 26

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[42] 2× Platinum 120,000^
Australia (ARIA)[43] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[44] Gold 25,000*
Belgium (BEA)[45] Platinum Expression error: Missing operand for *.*
Canada (Music Canada)[46] Gold 50,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[47] Platinum Expression error: Missing operand for *.^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[48] Gold 21,905[48]
France (SNEP)[49] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[50] 3× Gold 450,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[51] Gold 75,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[52] Platinum 80,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ)[53] 7× Platinum 105,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[54] Gold 25,000*
Sweden (GLF)[55] Platinum 80,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[56] 8× Platinum 2,400,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[57] 4× Platinum 4,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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